[mythtv-users] Smart TV hacks

Håkon Alstadheim hakon at alstadheim.priv.no
Sat Apr 29 11:11:24 UTC 2017



Den 28. april 2017 16:47, skrev Dick Steffens:
> On 04/28/2017 12:14 AM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
>> Hoi Dick,
>>
>> Friday, April 28, 2017, 7:26:28 AM, you wrote:
>>
>>> On 04/27/2017 05:31 PM, Anthony Giggins       wrote:
>>>                                             > Speaking of weird
>>> Samsung issues, My current   samsung 4k screen
>>>                     > looses audio randomly (An older Samsung screen
>>> never had this issue
>>>                     > connected to the same hardware) from time to
>>> time                   and the only fix
>>>                     > is to disconnect power to the screen,
>>> rebooting                   the PC (hot or
>>>                     > cold). One of the guys I work with says it    
>>> probably HDCP related...
>>>              Sorry ment to say rebooting the PC (hot or cold)
>>> does               not fix the issue.
>>>                              > Anthony
>>>                        Oh No, it's Samsung related. They do not
>>> follow standards,               not even
>>>                 their own adapted standards.
>>>               Yes, I think your right. Its a shame as their
>>> picture               quality is really quite good.
>>>                     I've been following his thread with some
>>> disappointment/concern. I,     too, find the picture quality of my
>>> Samsung monitors to be the best     of any other brands I've seen
>>> (which, admittedly, isn't a large     set,) and none of it all that
>>> recent.
>>>          What display manufacturers are out there that support
>>> standards, and     also have very good image quality?
>>>          My references are a Samsung SyncMaster 712n (I have two of
>>> them) and     a Samsung 2333HD. Their image quality is superior to
>>> my ViewSonic     VG2030wm, and other monitor brands I've used in the
>>> past.
>>>    
>>
>> I have a Philips 32PFK5300, which is by my standards more then good
>> enough. At least they follow standards, have good support (especially
>> of course here in the Netherlands) and are reliable, which to me is
>> more important then the most perfect picture quality.
> 
> Thanks. I'll have to have a look at Philips the next time I need a monitor.
> 

Shopping on line might be your best bet for finding stupid TVs. In
Norway these large-ish stupid TVs are available:
(Denver, LG, Philips, TCL) Scroll down past filter-criteria to find result.
https://www.prisjakt.no/category.php?o=produkt_pris_inkmoms&b=s317065286


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