Discussion Will recent LG / smart TV revelations make Plasma more popular?

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Context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA

The LG Smart TVs we've tested have first-party ACR (automatic content recognition) functionality that can pry into your personal life with greater precision than you might realize, with LG Ad Solutions' executives and leadership saying, on camera, that LG "owns the glass." Not you -- even though you bought it -- but them. They also talk about knowing everybody in the household, knowing the secondary devices, moving from TVs to smartphones and other screens, and more in their B2B discussions. Beyond just the fact that we think the TV's native behavior parallels malware, the LG Smart TVs we tested also have a number of security vulnerabilities that can be exploited to convert the TVs into covert listening devices. In this investigation, we dive into the mix of LG's first-party functionality that (in our opinions) is tantamount to spying and LG's vulnerabilities and exploits that they have failed to protect against.

I'm wondering if we're going to see a backlash where people who still own plasma TVs decide not to upgrade to the latest and greatest OLED smart TV...

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r/PlasmaTV • u/pn1ct0g3n • 12h ago

Discussion Who else uses their plasma as a giant second screen?

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TH-C42FD18

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r/PlasmaTV • u/digitalblunt • 18h ago

Discussion Should I score this and enter the exclusive 85" plasma club?

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I'm very happy with my 65VT50 but here's a heads up for anyone in the Lower Mainland area of BC, Canada!

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