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diane in sf

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1. I will go out of my way to find a dumb fridge if my current one dies. The last TV I bought had these smart features.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 03:40 PM
Wednesday

Every time I’d try to watch something or play a DVD it would require a program update. The menus were hideously complex as were using the remotes to try to control the thing. I watch almost everything on my high resolution iPad now and bought a portable personal sized DVD player. The large TV sits unused in the next room… I suppose there may be a way to control it with the iPad for group viewing, but it’s probably too obsolete by now.

I think dumb and amiable appliances are the future, not these overly programmed things that are largely a nightmare to deal with.

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