• ohlaph@lemmy.world
    79·
    3 months ago

    Lol. As a software engineer, give me the non-smart version of every appliance, home feature, and television. It’s why I went with a projector over a TV.

      • ohlaph@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        I use an Epson and just hook up Roku for streaming or use a nearby PC. It has Android TV, but I never use it.

        • papalonian@lemmy.world
          2·
          3 months ago

          Wait, so you got a projector to avoid the smart features of a tv, but the projector has the smart features anyways, you just don’t use them?

          What was the point of getting a projector over a tv?

          • ohlaph@lemmy.world
            2·
            3 months ago

            For the size/space, and portability. Plus I’m an Android Developer, so I can play around with the Android stuff and disable a lot of stuff if needed. And I use it to test some of my apps. But never for anything else. But it is far better than the garbage that is Samsung by miles. It’s streets ahead.

    • ricdeh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Unfortunately lots of affordable projectors are also “smart” these days, running some kind of Android TV

      • Anivia@feddit.org
        3·
        3 months ago

        Yeah, but affordable projectors sadly all are garbage in the first place, regardless of being smart or not