On Sat, May 01, 2021 at 08:31:04AM +0100, Joe wrote: > On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:25:20 -0400 > Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: > > > > viewing material because it's about ten years old. But when we > > > inevitably replace it and have no choice about accepting a 'smart' > > > TV, > > > > There are still normal TVs around. > > > > Yes, but not many. We would want another 32" TV, and today the majority > of those are not 'smart', in fact they're still advertised as 'HD Ready' > i.e. 720 lines, after we've had 1080 line transmissions for many years. > But our current TV may go on another ten years, by which time all TVs > will be spying devices. For one, in ten years I won't be able to afford a 32". Yes, the TV itself will be obscenely cheap, but the flat to put it in will be correspondingly expensive. So it'll be 16" ;-) For two, the WiFi [1] antenna is pretty easy to locate within the PCB. A strategically placed solder blob will take care of that one :-] Cheers [1] Yeah, I know: at that time, it'll be called Bluetooth VVVLE NewFang™ or something. But the underlying physics are invariant to marketing fads. - t
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