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LG is Bringing NFTs To Its Smart TVs
Just months after Samsung announced that it's bringing non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to its TVs, now LG's doing the same. From a report:The company's new NFT marketplace, called LG Art Lab, lets you "buy, sell and enjoy high-quality digital artwork" from your TV. For now, only users in the US with an LG TV that runs webOS 5.0 or later can access the app, which is available to download from the TV ... ⌘ Read more
@slashdot Oh fuck, here we go again with this NFT garbage 🤦‍♂️
@slashdot Oh fuck, here we go again with this NFT garbage 🤦‍♂️
@prologic I have more of a problem with Smart TVs than with NFTs...
@prologic I have more of a problem with Smart TVs than NFTs...
@mckinley That's why I buy "dumb TV's" 😆
@mckinley That's why I buy "dumb TV's" 😆
@prologic buying dumb TVs is getting increasingly more difficult. We had one from LG, but it broke, so we bought a somewhat smart one from Hyundai.

It connects to the Internet (WiFi), but it has it's own OS, rather than Android TV and the microphone requiring features like Alexa are turned off by default.

It also asks if you want cookies before you start using it and doesn't make saying no to them difficult.
@thecanine The one we have is a HiSense. Look into those next time, they're cheap, so they're also "dumb" 😅
@thecanine The one we have is a HiSense. Look into those next time, they're cheap, so they're also "dumb" 😅
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@thecanine Will it let you use it without connecting it to the internet?
@mckinley HiSense brand of TV's will. I just plug HDMI things into it and use it as a large screen 👌
@mckinley HiSense brand of TV's will. I just plug HDMI things into it and use it as a large screen 👌
@mckinley It will, it's in the offline mode by default. You only have to connect it, if you want to use the built in browser, Internet apps or WiFi screen share.