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by vgchh
3363 days ago
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IMO the media center wars are being won by the actual TVs. We bought a new Samsung TV (SmartTV) over the Thanksgiving. It provides the usual built-in apps (Netflix, Amazon, Hulu etc.). Media Center experience is much better on this TV compared to other devices: No input switching, native 4K, fast switching between apps, simpler remote experience - no switching activities on a universal remote and turning devices ON/OFF. At this point Apple TV is essentially obsolete for us. We do use XBox for gaming. IMO XBox is better off just getting rid of the whole media center thing and focus tightly on the gaming experience. |
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Unfortunately, they have an history of not being updated and even worse executing all kinds of spying activities on their users. [1]
We bought a dumb-TV and hooked up an Apple TV. At least Apple respect privacy a little more. We also have an XBox One, but we rarely use it. We only have time for quick games. The Apple TV has a nice selection of titles that you can play for a couple of minutes. In contrast to the XBox, it doesn't take ages to actually start up. (Yes, I know you can use standby, but it uses 15W.)
[1] https://www.wired.com/2017/02/smart-tv-spying-vizio-settleme...