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    Sony Is Ceding Control of TV Hardware Business To China's TCL

    Just to clarify for everyone, TSMC doesn't design the chips. They are just the fab that makes them. Kind of like Apple, AMD, NVIDIA, Google, etc. don't have their own fabs, they use TSMC, Samsung, Global Foundries, etc. to build their designs. Sony has their own chip design department for...
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    Sony Is Ceding Control of TV Hardware Business To China's TCL

    I keep seeing people gushing about AI upconversion. In some scenes, it does look great, but it is just as inconsistent as traditional methods overall IMHO. Challenging scenes with dim lighting and any kind of film grain just look weirdly smoothed, and AI pretty much ruined the BD releases of...
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    YTTV to offer new packages

    Thanks. Still not sure why they cannot just publish a grid, but whatever.
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    YTTV to offer new packages

    I still have not seen a full channel listing for the new plans. Am I missing something?
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    How things have changed

    On Demand streaming prices may be be rising faster than vMVPDs, but you also are arguably getting more for your money, especially now as more sports become available. Based on the what the people I know who are still on Spectrum cable pay, I do not believe on-demand streaming prices are going...
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    Traditional/Streaming Live TV Providers Losses, 4th Quarter 2025 Edition

    Location matters so much. My parents tried the Verizon 5G home internet. They could barely get 10Mb down even though the signal meter shows full signal at their house, so they cancelled it and are stuck with Spectrum.
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    Traditional/Streaming Live TV Providers Losses, 4th Quarter 2025 Edition

    If what they have is reasonably priced and isn't giving them any problems, I can understand that. Spectrum on the other hand keeps raising prices and isn't that reliable around here.
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    Traditional/Streaming Live TV Providers Losses, 4th Quarter 2025 Edition

    I suspect you'll have a much better experience with AT&T Fiber. I did for several years. Meanwhile Google Fiber is increasing the base speed to 3Gbps and not raising the cost. It is hard to imagine anyone in my neighborhood still has Spectrum with two fiber options available that both cost...
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    Sony Is Ceding Control of TV Hardware Business To China's TCL

    Sony's processor may still be the best in certain scenes, but LG has pretty much caught up for most content, and Samsung is only a half step behind. I don't see it as the differentiator it used to be, and I think that is a big reason why they are spinning this product line off.
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    Sony Is Ceding Control of TV Hardware Business To China's TCL

    Yes, that us true, it isn't like old CCFL or LED Direct Lit LCDs. However, independently controlled LEDs aren't really a new thing though. Any FALD LED set has them in some number, and any Mini LED, like my Bravia 9, has them. e.g. RGB mini LED is supposed to be better, but there are...
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    Sony Is Ceding Control of TV Hardware Business To China's TCL

    Samsung does have a micro-LED emissive solution, for a price: https://www.samsung.com/us/micro-led/highlights/
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    Sony Is Ceding Control of TV Hardware Business To China's TCL

    No, it is still a backlit technology:
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    Sony Is Ceding Control of TV Hardware Business To China's TCL

    They said the Bravia 9 could be an OLED killer as well. It isn't. I still bought one, but the only thing that will "kill OLEDs" is another emissive panel tech. I kind of regret not getting an OLED in 2025 as the reason I did so (bright, direct sunlight on the screen) is no longer a factor.
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    Sony Is Ceding Control of TV Hardware Business To China's TCL

    I stand corrected. They must have started back up at some point.
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    How things have changed

    "Within The Gauge, "other" includes all other TV usage that does not fall into the broadcast, cable or streaming categories. This primarily includes all other tuning (unmeasured sources), unmeasured video on demand (VOD), audio streaming, gaming and other device (DVD playback) use." I'd guess...
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