Comment by hilbert42

"I am hoping we get more than 2 years out of our current TV before the GUI starts creaking under it's own weight."

Ha! The Sharp color TV here in the kitchen is now nearly 48 years old (bought in 1978) and still functions well but with the addition of a set top box/PVR although its remote control has been repaired many times (but the TV itself has never needed maintenance).

Other flat screen TVs have no internet access or are used monitor style with separate STBs/PVRs. As I mentioned on HN some weeks ago, if the trend continues and manufacturers booby-trap sets into planned obsolescence, I'll buy only monitors and connect them via HDMI to a TV feed.

My ancient Sharp TV shouts at me that these days there's something terribly wrong with domestic electronic appliances.