One remote. It's hard for the family
I moved in 2019 and bought a 65-inch smart tv for $5,800。
At that time, it was felt to be valuable - 4k, hdr, smart system - and the direct purchase said that smallpox fell。
It took me and my wife half an hour to get cable out. The remote control has two, one pipe tv, one tube top box. There are three sources of signal: hdmi1, hdmi2, and television self-banding. If you want to watch on-demand, you have to cut to the television system; if you want to change, you have to cut back to the top box。
I remember when my mom stayed here for a week and never turned on the tv。
She said, "i pressed it for half a day. I didn't know where to press it. It was all commercials. It couldn't be turned off."
The tv has since become a setup in the living room。
It's been three years, i've counted, not more than 20 times. Most of the time it was new year's, relatives came and thought the living room had no voice, so they opened it as background。
Last week i tried to open the commercial for 45 seconds, and then i went in and the system hinted "upgrading," and the application was not found before the promotion. I turned it off. I never opened it。
A 5,800-dollar tv, and the final fate is ashes。
It's called a bouquet charge
Some say you don't watch tv because you don't. I thought so too。
Until one time, i wanted to watch an old movie "let the bullet fly."。
Turning on the tv system, we found it, and we called it “member-only”. All right, i'll fill. Charge 29 a month。
I've been watching it for three days, trying to change it, and i found it on another platform. Refill? Another 29。
I've made an account of the achilles, the queue, the mango, all of it, 100 a month. Plus the members on tv, over 1,000 a year。
I bought this tv for 5,800。
Members pay five years to buy another tv。
Even worse, some films are filled with members and pay for them. 3 pieces, 6 pieces, 12. I went in three times, back three times。
It's not that i can't afford it, it's that i feel stupid。
I haven't been on tv since then. What do you want to see, mobile screens — the result screens are starting to charge, and there is a need to buy a “screen member” — ha, ha, ha。
I was so angry that i pulled out the tv。
The phone's a lot better than the tv
Now at home, the normal at night is:
My wife was lying on the couch and shivering, and i was sitting next to b, and the kid was watching cartoons with ipad. Three men, three screens, each one。
The tv's on, nobody's watching。
I didn't mean to let it go. It was too convenient. If you want to see anything, there's a search, there's no ads, there's no members, and there's no two remotes。
And the phone understands me. It knows what i've been looking at lately, automatically pushing me; where i'm parked, next time open and play。
Where's the tv? Every time i go in, it's like for the first time, and it's just a piece of shit i'm not interested in。
A device that doesn't remember me. Why should i drive it every day
Data indicate that the mobile end now accounts for more than 60 per cent of video viewers and less than 30 per cent of screens。
I think it's conservative. There's probably less than 10% on tv around me。
I found out i wasn't alone
Back home last year, my uncle changed a big 75-inch tv and hung it on the wall。
I said, "how much is this tv?"
He said, "it's over 8,000, but it hasn't been opened."
I asked why。
He said, "it's too much trouble to drive. I've been brushing my phone with your aunt, and she's watching the hand. I'm watching the news. It's new year's tv, and it's like relatives are here."
I asked a couple of my friends the same thing。
A friend said, "the only use of my tv is to watch the jay chou concert. Use it once a year.”
And they say, "television is my cat's heater. Winter cats on top of tv because it's hot."
$8,000 for a cat climber。
It's not a story. It's a reality。
What the hell is a tv company doing
I don't know about technology, but, as a regular user, do i think the tv company has been taking off for years
They are not “good or not good”, but “not high parameters”。
8k, 120hz, mini led, quantum point sounds great, but i can't use it. I just want one: fast start, simple operation, transparent fees, good content。
At four o'clock, none of the tvs are available。
I bought a cell phone, and a thousand bucks went well; i bought a tv, and $5,000 made me want to smash it。
This is not a technical matter, it is an attitude issue。
The manufacturer's focus is on how to charge more membership fees, how to plug in advertising, how to get you to buy more services, but it doesn't think you're comfortable。
And
Television deliveries reached a new low of 16 years in 2025, and the opening rate fell to less than 30 per cent。
Users vote with their feet and vote clearly。
06, is tv still alive
I think there is。
Because i find out sometimes i still want to watch tv。
Like the world cup. A group of people were watching the ball, and the screen was too small and uncool. And that's when i thought, if there was a tv, open it was a game, no advertising, no complicated operation, it would be great。
Like new year's. The family sits together, watching spring nights, watching old movies, leaving their phones aside. I can't give you the cell phone。
The feeling of immersion on screens and the atmosphere of family sharing are never replaced by mobile devices。
This is the last card on tv。
But the bottom card won't turn itself over. The manufacturer had to cut off the mess。
I've given them three suggestions, which are also the voice of ordinary users:
One, turn it on and don't make me wait. I can hold it in 30 seconds. I'll turn it off after 30 seconds. Better not advertise。
Second, don't let me learn. A remote, an interface, a signal source. My parents can open it themselves, even if it works。
Third, don't make me guess. Be a member and see most of it. No tricks, no traps. You're transparent, i'm willing to pay。
Is that hard
Not hard. But nobody does。
I haven't dropped that $5,800 tv yet
It hung in my living room for three years。
It's a shame i look at it sometimes。
It's not broken, it's just not working。
A bad tv, no difference to the broken one。
I don't know when i'll open it again. Maybe one day the manufacturer finally figured it out, and put in a "dumb" model, which would simplify everything. Maybe i'll never drive it again。
But i know it wasn't me who turned it off。
It's a television company that pushed the user away。
How long has it been since your tv
What's the hardest thing to do? Is it a commercial, a blanket charge, or is it too complicated
Talk to the comment section. I'll see how many of you are like me。
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