What are some good non-smart TVs?
Comment on I got this popup ad on my TV **while watching a DVD**
tall_seraphim@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Is this a samsung tv? If it is one of the cheap tv’s like Vizio and such they have this live advertising which is awful. I always buy non-smart TV’s but now they actually cost more then the smart ones if you are going for a big 65-85" TV.
Deiv@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
n0clue@lemmy.world 6 months ago
None, I have a Vizio that shipped with non shitty firmware, only to be upgraded over time to shitty firmware.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Laugh.
UristMcHolland@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They still make non-smart tvs?
cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I mean if it’s possible to use it without connecting it to a network… You should be good until they cut a deal with cell providers to push their shit over soldered on LTE chips.
KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
some TVs that are used in a business environment are able to be set up without internet, mainly because the displays are almost always externally driven over LAN or HDMI.
Tikiporch@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Based on the * button, it looks like some sort of Roku device or TV with Roku built in.
Bongles@lemm.ee 6 months ago
My Vizio has never done this.
Usul_00_@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You can save the cash and just never let it connect to the internet.
AustralianSimon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This. It’s a simple as a really good router or a pihole at home or similar. Just block their domains they ring home to.
Tankton@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Yes, and now an option for the 99% of population that has no IT background lol
Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Serious question: How much of a brick risk is opening one if these smart tvs up and ripping out the wifi card? Can’t connect to the internet if you don’t have the hardware to do so.
(Obviously pretty high if legit caveman-style ripping out. Could also be really hard, I have no idea).
brygphilomena@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s not particularly hard to open and disconnect the Wi-Fi antenna. But it probably voids the warranty.
I’m not excited for the day they realize that HDMI allows the transmission of network traffic through the device it’s plugged into.
Why that’s in the design, I don’t know. But I also don’t understand why HDMI has fucking DRM built into it.
StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
If I remember correctly, the DRM was a result of pushback from the MPAA back when Blue-Ray and HD-DVD were coming out. They didn’t want a digital signal that could be easily recorded like S-Video or composite.