{"id":1305,"date":"2025-09-28T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/i-spent-three-months-with-telly-the-free-tv-thats-always-showing-ads\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T13:00:00","slug":"i-spent-three-months-with-telly-the-free-tv-thats-always-showing-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/i-spent-three-months-with-telly-the-free-tv-thats-always-showing-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"I spent three months with Telly, the free TV that\u2019s always showing ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A photo showing a Telly TV\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/257821_Telly_ERoth_0022.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The last few months, I&rsquo;ve felt like I&rsquo;m living in a cyberpunk movie. Each night, when I get ready to wind down, I reach for the remote to turn on a TV I got for free. When I hit the power button, a 55-inch screen lights up, but so does a smaller display beneath it. Widgets fill the secondary screen alongside a rotating ad that you can&rsquo;t dismiss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Before I can even navigate to the Netflix app, I hear something. \u00ab\u00a0Hello, hello friends!\u00a0\u00bb A smiling woman appears on the screen wearing a gray dress, her brown hair neatly styled into gentle waves. It&rsquo;s the host of the TV&rsquo;s built-in news segment, which uses the AI likeness of actress Alison Fiori to  \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/televisions\/777588\/telly-tv-hands-on-ads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last few months, I&rsquo;ve felt like I&rsquo;m living in a cyberpunk movie. 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