Capitalism’s goal is not innovation is is about control and perpetually increasing revenue through that control.

Agreed. Intel spent too much time swimming in their wads of cash and are paying the price now.

The resolution of a modern cellphone on a tv of 42" is vastly more than 8k.

Making the content compelling is the challenge. I have a 4k tv with upscaling and 60" at 8 feet away with 1080p content is just fine.

What the hell is ‘Leven’ branded ssd. Is this some AliExpress crap drive?

Yep. Amazon reviews show bad sectors even when regularly used. It’s a crap study. This just in, toilet water doesn’t taste as good as tap water!

Edit. To the person who downvoted, possibly OP… Read the comments of the shitty article, the poster used flawed testing… The article is bad.

I make my smart TVs dumb. No internet connectivity.

Normal healthy people don’t plan to commit violent offenses on other people, unless there is a direct connection to the 3rd parties actions. Hunting people they have no connection to for fame and fortune is sickening.