To be honest it is not the TV that is not smart, it is the person who purchased the TV who is just not living in the 21st century. LORD !!! How does he manage to function on a daily basis?????????
One guess who I am talking about. . . YUP !! Once again The Man has managed to screw up a soup sandwich. Or to put it another way, "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ?????????????"
Let me back up a bit for those of you who may not be familiar with The Man and his many screw-ups. I will be the first to tell you he is a lovely person and I am delighted to have him in my life. But I am also delighted that he is now at his home up in Michigan while I remain here in Florida "recovering" from surgery in July. The Man chose to leave the sunny south in April so he could be home in his house. i totally agreed with that decision. At that time he was not doing well physically so I knew he wanted to be in his home with his family near by. I actually was quite happy with his decision because I did not think I could handle surgery and The Man at the same time. (If you have ever had your spouse take care of you during your recovery from anything you know what I am talking about. You could have lost both your arms and legs and you would still be expected to cook dinner and entertain them. )
And so The Man is now into his third month of living "alone" up on his farm. But . . . he is not alone. (Thank goodness!) His nephew has moved in with him to be there to help cook, and give him a hand with daily chores. The Man also has aides coming in 7 days a week for 4 hours a day. They do laundry, shop and clean and do what ever else The Man may challenge them with. Naturally none of them are as smart as The Man so when they don't know how to make an egg salad sandwich or put the sheets on the bed the "RIGHT" way The man goes into a tizzy for days.
About a month ago The Man decided he wanted to buy a "SMART TV" to put out in the living room so we could stream shows out there instead of watching on my computer. Both of the other TV's in the house are so ancient that we have a gerbil on a wheel running round and round to provide power to turn the TV's on. (No, not really. We have a raccoon.) Anyway . . . The Man decided he wants to put a smart TV in the living room, (That would be the room that he NEVER goes into) I have gotten into the habit of going into the living room at night after dinner to get away from the TV and The Man. So much for that !!
The Man has asked a thousand questions about Smart TV's so he would be prepared to purchase one on line and have his nephew pick it up and bring it home. I assured him that all he would have to do is plug it in, go to one of the streaming venues, aka Netflix or Hulu and enter our pass word for that service. (I spend a small fortune for all these sites so we would be good to go.)
Two nights ago I got a phone call from "Mr Happy" all proud of himself that he bought a Smart TV which is now sitting in the living room on the new TV stand that I suggested he buy. (It was either buy a small piece of furniture or survive the goat screw that would happen if he and the nephew decided to hang the TV on the wall. ) The two of them put the cabinet together and put the TV up on it. He even sent me a picture to show me how great they did. I wrote back that it looked wonderful and they did indeed "Do Good". Ten minutes later my phone rang.It was The Man asking me for my ROKU password. HUH ?????? Why would you need my ROKU password if you bought a Smart TV???? We have ROKU on the 2 TV's in the house. It came free when we switched over to "fiber Optic" service last year. But because it did not allow Netflix and a few other streaming apps we decided to get a SMART TV !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After going around in circles with The Man for ten minutes I asked to speak with his nephew. (Who apparently was not much smarter than The Man. ) I know EXACTLY what happened. The Man went on line to look for TV's at Walmart, saw one one sale and bought it thinking all TV's now are Smart!!! (Which I guess is true because the TV sure is a lot smarter than it's purchaser.) The TV is NOT a smart TV it is a ROKU TV. You have to buy the streaming services that you want even though you already have subscriptions for all of them.
So now I am paying for Netflix and others so that I can enjoy TV here in FL while The Man is paying . . . who knows how much a month for his ROKU services on a TV that is not smart.
GOOD LORD !!!!!!!!!!!!
