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by smokey_the_bear 2003 days ago
I mean, six years old isn't exceptionally old for a TV, so it's not great to hear what a pain it is. My parents had the same TV in the living room for over 20 years. My current TV is a Vizio from 2012 and there is nothing wrong with it.
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I'm still rocking a high end plasma from the late 2000s that I bought for the World Cup. Pictures still fantastic.

What's left out is that Roku is no longer a neutral third party device. Those "channels" are actually rent-seeking ala the App Stores. That's why they fought with HBO Max to be a middle man and collect their troll toll: https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/hbo-max-roku-talks-war...

The annoying cable contract negotiations that customers despise are now going to be a feature of cord cutting. That's a crummy development.