7 Lies TV Makers Tell to Their Customers!

Don’t be fooled by their inexpensive price tag. Cheap “Smart” TVs are more expensive than you think.

Clark
6 min readSep 15, 2023
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Whenever I hear the term “smart” alongside a regular product like a TV, I feel scammed. Although not all smart TVs are scams, most are useless and only add the title “smart” to make the product cost more than it should.

I don’t consider such TV units to be smart, and here’s why:

  • The SoC of most budget and many expensive televisions are cheap, slow and underpowered, which creates an unpleasant and slow user experience.
  • They often run a modified version of Google TV with bloatware to promote their services and clutter your viewing experience.
  • Many, many “smart” televisions come with a remote that has too many buttons on them.

My problem with cheap smart TVs isn’t necessarily their price point but how companies chop off their features, causing the device to act outside the domain of an entertainment device.

Unclear HDR Standards

Image from Onsitego website. Link to the article: https://onsitego.com/blog/hdr-tvs-hdr10-plus-dolby-vision-hlg-explained/

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Clark

I write stories of a beautiful future where technology enriches our lives.