Comment on 👴☝️I did that

• Gormadt@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Never connect them to the internet

  You want your favorite streaming service on there? Get an older (used office) PC, load it up with (your prefered flavor of) Linux, get a bluetooth keyboard mouse combo, hook it up to your HDMI port, and go ham.

  Some TVs even let you turn them on directly to a specific HDMI port for a bonus fun time of never having to see the TVs menu.

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  • conartistpanda@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Find out the streaming service limits the quality then stop paying for it and pirate that shit instead.

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• modus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Don’t connect them to the internet.

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  • stickly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    True, I’ll probably end up going that route when this one dies (assuming they don’t all require sign in and heartbeats at that point)

    Was hoping for something like a FOSS OS just for the convenience of keeping jellyfin up to date and cleaning up the useless baked in apps.

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    • sureshot0@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      This probably exists, or at least I hope it does

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    • modus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Use an external media player. Personally, I use a roku routed through a pihole.

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  • Holytimes@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Iv stared coming across some that’s not remotely an option. They require a logged in account before they accept any input.

    If you attempt to use a DNS ad blocker they also just stop working. Its fucking toxic.

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    • mycodesucks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Right back to the store then.

      Fuck around and get a chargeback.

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    • modus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Wow. Fuck that.

      I’m actually curious enough to buy one to see how bad they actually are now.

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• toddestan@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Not really, the smarts are integrated into the control circuitry. You can’t bypass them and turn them into simple, dumb displays.

  Depending on the model, you can block the TV from the internet and leave it on set to one of the inputs and the smarts bits won’t bother you again. Other ones are more intrusive and pushy about it.

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