One of most ridiculous wireless things I've encounted was Logitecs Trackball. Like, it's a stationery mouse, specifically designed not need to be moved around.

And they don't make wired variants at all anymore.

[–] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think it's a design decision. Some high-level designer probably decided on cutting all the wires, so here we are. Shame they didn't hear about markrt research or customer surveys.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago

I mean yeah because its objectively worse if you just care about performance and reliability.

[–] tynansdtm@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Better for mobile applications, which I realize TVs are typically not but sometimes they can be mounted onto a cart or something.

[–] poinck@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

this is fck'd

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

On chromecast?

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bad choice in product i guess...

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And it only works with stock android and chrome browser. I hate it so much. Why didn't I buy a miracast dongle?

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have no experience with it, but this might work

https://hensm.github.io/fx_cast/

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Wow, thanks. The only thing left is MicroG android and I will have a slightly less paintful experience.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I just want a dumb TV that I can connect my Linux box to

[–] histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Buy commercial signage displays they are nice tvs without all the smart garbage

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Looked into this recently, where do I get commercial signage that isn't 6x the price for the same size screen?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

[–] histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Used or refurbished ones tend to be closer in price and I’ve seen some on Amazon and the like for a couple hundred

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'll keep an eye out on Craigslist and ask some of my small business contacts where they got their.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All TVs sold at Costco are required be fully functioning without being connected to Wi-Fi.

[–] Parsizzle@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's a very interesting tidbit. Good to know, thanks for sharing!

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

I feel like I'm the one guy in my friend-sphere that hasn't got a Smart-TV and such, at this point.

I have little use for anything particularly "smart" when it comes to tv's. Also my paranoia doesn't allow for anymore potential spyware ridden electronics in my home. So I'm pretty happy about that...

[–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

I just bought a Sony BRAVIA 8 and it's close to this. Never connected to WiFi. It goes directly to my HTPC input and I never see the home screen unless I want to.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 21 points 2 weeks ago

TV software is fucking abysmal. Its laggy, full of bloat and as you point out, their wifi capabilities are shit. I even have the connection/speed issue right now with one of my older TVs.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

'fucking shit router '

🤔

[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Grammar & punctuation fascist I see

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean, yes, but I was rather wondering, if that extra space was maybe why it couldn't find it. Maybe you had to manually enter the SSID and accidentally put in that extra space? Then again, I don't even know, if you took that photo...

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I had a IoT device "lightbulb" that would trim any spaces left after the passkey, problem being I intentionally had a blank space at the end of my passkey. Took a while to realize till I counted the little stars hiding the recorded passkey.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing grinds my gears like password interfaces that modify the password. If empty spaces at the beginning/end are an issue, tell the user. Show a note, or at worst a modal. But don't modify it.

[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

No something I randomly saw on the internet

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I remember when I bought an 40MB hard drive back in the day. (Yes, megabyte, not gigabyte) And I labeled it "WOWSOBIG", because it was huge for me. When I bought a 32" flat screen when those first released I thought that was big. Now even the TV in the bedroom is a 48" and that just the small secondary TV. One of my neighbors across the street has a TV as big as his wall, I can watch his TV from my window.

Funny how perspectives change over time.

[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I remember when we bought our first Windows PC in 1995 (We had had Tandy 1000 & a Commodore 64 before then) the sales guy told us, if you upgrade to the 1GB hard drive you'll never fill it up in 20 years.

[–] SoulWager@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck commission based sales.

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

I remember being so happy my HD was big enough that I could have OG Fallouts "Humongous Installation" on it. About 700MB.

It was back when 1GB was seen as 1TB was a few years ago.

How time flies...

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

We played goldeneye in 4 Player splitcreen on a 13" TV back in the day. I don't even know how we did it, it was so small.

[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 5 points 2 weeks ago

Great inspiration

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Somebody had a bad day.