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stickly@lemmy.world 1 month agoIs there any way to lobotomize these smart TVs? Even the specs on a cheaper mid-range would blow my current dinosaur out of the water
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.
Find out the streaming service limits the quality then stop paying for it and pirate that shit instead.
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.
modus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Don’t connect them to the internet.
stickly@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
sureshot0@discuss.online 1 month ago
This probably exists, or at least I hope it does
modus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Use an external media player. Personally, I use a roku routed through a pihole.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks 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.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Right back to the store then.
Fuck around and get a chargeback.
modus@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Wow. Fuck that.
I’m actually curious enough to buy one to see how bad they actually are now.