Right now it’s on wifi as it’s faster than cable…

HA, Homekit, even official LG app has trouble waking up the TV. Works about 50% of the time I’d say, no idea what’s the issue.

I’ll maybe go the apple tv route since it will be hdmi woken up

I think both are good for what they offer. Rtings has a MUCH larger scope of devices, but you’ll typically get more intimate real world review on the devices he has.

Sure can! Various adapters maybe affect results, but he used a cable matters on these two tvs.

https://youtu.be/PIef8iRZhLE - this video is a year old, but premise is the same.

Something to keep in mind if you use home assistant with at least LG OLED TVs, using a USB adapter will not allow you to remotely turn on via LAN. Not huge, but something to keep in mind if you use that platform for smart devices.

You can get excellent "dumb" (i.e. do what I say) monitors, but for a lot more. Like if you want a 55" 4K gaming monitor, you're looking at paying maybe 3-4x what you pay for a smart TV.

Why? That data collection subsidizes your low cost. That's how they offer an excellent 55" 4K tv at a discounted cost of around $1000-1200.

Hol’up, you can hook it up like this for network?

I use a nvidia shield pro. I also have a hue play box so I needed an external media player.

How do they compare to RTings?

It's missing a comma to be read in the way it was intended.

Pi-hole takes care of that :)

Not if you don’t set it up and agree to it.

I do, because I like the magic remote function with LG’s webOS. Yes it’s a small thing but I like how it glides around.

Roku comes with plenty of tvs.

I think the consensus at the moment is that quantum dot oled is better, but basically I distinguishable right now and not worth the price difference.

OLED is far superior to anything else out there right now but burn-in continues to be a concern. My next TV (probably in a few years) will hopefully be a Micro LED which has all of the advantages of OLED and none of the downsides.

How many people mocking this saying that it’s easier to pour your own drink use Alexa to turn things on or off? Sure, I can turn on my coffee pot by flipping the switch, but I like to tell Alexa to do it as I get out of the shower so that my coffee is ready by the time I’m dressed and downstairs. If I could have my favorite drink ready for me every time I got home from work I would be very happy.

I daily drive a C1 as my computer monitor. I really like it for my purposes

1 word of warning about the C2: My Life In Gaming thoroughly tested one as a retro gaming display (through scalers, of course), and it arbitrarily added a ton of input lag if the picture mode was set to 4:3. Maybe this has been fixed with updates, but it was definitely a problem at launch.

The best thing about the C2 for me was getting me a discount on a C1.

Then you just have to deal with it I guess. Personally, whatever TV in the size I’m wanting at the right price that has decent reviews is fine.

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I want my phone to have a web browser, social media, texting, etc..

I want my TV to display an image from my input source. I'd really like to see less smart TVs and more dumb TVs.

Same!

Okay, my bad. Updated my post. I misread this below, however at $2500 w/ the $175 Visa gift card, 4 year warranty, by an authorized seller, it’s a good price.

https://slickdeals.net/share/iphone_app/fp/766984

I absolutely love my C1, and I've had two family members buy OLEDs after seeing mine.

I do. Why would I give a third party money just for less functionality?

Now if someone made high quality "dumb" tvs. Then yes. Unfortunatley monitors don't get that big.

What do you think your phone is doing, your internet provider is doing, your web browser is doing?

TV OS is a weird line to draw…