More consumers are becoming worried about how their information is being used by manufacturers. “There are increasing privacy concerns around to what degree TVs are essentially scraping your data,” says Parsons. “TVs these days are full of sensors, including microphones, and that can make people nervous.”
But according to Parsons, despite interest in “dumber” models from some buyers, most shoppers want their TVs to be catch-all entertainment systems. The result is that the dumb TV market is almost nonexistent.
Got it, mostly. We don’t watch TV either. Everything streams from my PC to a 55" TV that acts as a second monitor. PirateBay -> VLC, works great. I do have a Jellyfin server but the VLC controls are more convenient if I take the mouse to the coffee table. Why can’t other media players do the 200% boost thing?! And mouse-scroll volume, can’t live without it.