Panasonic Viera

i dunno, i use the netflix and amazon video clients on my ethernet-connected panasonic viera plasma all the time, multiple times per week. adding titles using my laptop, they just appear in the client and i select and play. the netflix playlist interface is pretty good, i can browse series and titles quite easily. i've had it for 5 years now, and it still works fine. i'm going to use it until it dies, probably in the next 2-3 years.

Does anyone know of a version of, or way to run, Pi-Hole on TrueNAS Core? That's what my home NAS runs, and while its list of "appliances" is quite long, it doesn't contain any network ad-blockers, AFAICS. I am not bothered on the TV. I bought a ~15YO Panasonic Viera TH-46PZ80E, a huge plasma thing that is almost totally dumb. It cost me £/$ 60 a year ago, and it's great. It talks to a cable TV box and an elderly Mac mini for playing videos. Works a treat, costs very little, and zero online advertising. I have got Kodi on it and our phones for a "ten foot UI", but using macOS is easy enough that we never need it.

Nobody seems to remember plasma TV's? It was the closest to CRT I used. 240hz, 1080p bliss. Yes, they were kinda heavy and power hungry but I still miss my 2013 Panasonic Viera Edit: It was actually only up to 96hz, but gaming on it didn't feel like there was too much motion blur

The two best TV's I've found at thrift shops are Panasonic Viero. One is a 32" in the bedroom and the other was 37" for daytime use in the lounge (for big pictures we use an old Mitsubishi HC7000 projector). Both have great pictures, no dead pixels. The biggest issue with thrifted TV's is that they don't come with stands so you need to get a wall mount or contrive a stand of some sort. I would heavily recommend against anything Samsung. There always seems to be something wrong with any Samsung being sold 2nd hand.

> This creates a customized Dolby Atmos sound profile unique to each user's home. They failed to add this: 1) "We need a mic for this to work. Or several mics. The more the better. And they must be on all the time, because we make >." 2) "We won't ask you how the speakers are connected. We'll scan Bluetooth to make it > for you!" 3) "We need internet connection for this to work, 'cause all the processing is on our servers." 4) "We know your TV and speakers brand and model. We calculated how big your house is. We know what neighborhood you live in. We know how rich you are!" 5) "We listen to everything you say and everything you watch on > TV." 6) "We profile you, your family, your visiting friends (voice print) and deliver customized ads to that TV (and your friends' TV) to make you all buy stuff you don't need from companies you hate." 7) "At some point some of you may realise we're doing this and how good we've become at advertising. You may want out. We don't care!" 8) "You may have control over the wifi password, but we have a contract with the ISP or the mobile phone company for a backup connection." 9) "No mic, no net, disagree to our terms? We'll use the worst EQ and DSP possible to drive you mad. We'll also nag. Frequently." 10) "We're everywhere. Pay 10x for an industrial TV if you want something without our stuff. And that TV isn't ceritified to play Netflix. Or BR. Or DVDs." I have the last "smart" TV that isn't smart enough to spy. Panasonic Viera ST 2012. No c…