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[ Created: 2025-07-30 07:48:02  Updated: 2025-07-30 07:57:03 Owner: rl ]
Title: Not so smart TV    
  
  
  
  

    

  
  
  
  


I have been a software developer for over 45 years.   I worked with IBM mainframes, DEC mini computers, PC's and now hand-held devices.   

Compare your laptop or desktop to your iPhone or Android.   Which is the 'smartest'?   Aside from telephony functionality the laptop/desktop is much more powerful in functionality.   

Now, compare your laptop/desktop with your smart TV.   Which is the 'smartest'?   If you try to do anything with a 'smart TV' other than what its apps allow you to do, you are stuck.   

'Smart TV' is a marketing term.   Yes, they are smarter than traditional T Vs but compared to laptop/desktop functionality and customization options, they are really quite stupid.   This is intentional.   

Control of computing power is done for marketing purposes.   Sell you this, sell you that and incrementally sell you what you really want.   

Why isn't there a Smart TV on the market with a full operating system like on you laptop/desktop?   

I read the rational on the internet for the answer to the above.   I felt like the person who bought a product and the sales person telling my why its failure to work like it was supposed to is a feature.