an update on this infuriatingly viral toot which continues to haunt my ass. the smart TV (named herein as a "Sony Bravia") died, got repaired, then died again, within the space of 3 months.
the same thing caused it to die both times: being turned off and unplugged so that I could vacuum behind the TV cabinet. understandably a TV which cannot deal with something as horrendous as "being occasionally turned off" was absolutely stupid, and I successfully yelled at the seller for a refund.
the bad smart TV has been replaced with a very large (42 inch), non-smart, monitor instead which is a fucking dream and simply pipes audio and video out of my media centre without trying to sell me shampoo at the same time. I will never buy a smart TV again as long as I live. have a nice day and please stop boosting this toot
@virtualwolf @burgerdrome I got 820 boosts for a post last month and 420 for another post this month, so I've had to turn off boost notifications. I'm not sure what the solution is, but it's something that needs thinking about if we're going to get famous people with 500,000 followers on here.
(Really wanted to boost the original post because I have similar feelings about my Sony "smart" TV, but refrained.)