Like a TV that flunked kindergarten? j/k
Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing?
Cenotaph@mander.xyz 5 weeks ago
Best is to try to get the dumbest TV you can and plug in an android tv streaming box to it imo
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
I believe that’s called a monitor. Just buy a bigass monitor or projector.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
A TV usually comes with a remote, a monitor doesn’t. Additionally, you can use it to watch linear TV if you don’t feel like making an election.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
These days that’s through a box the cable company provides that plugs into the HDMI more often than anything else. If you happen to have actual towers in range maybe you can actually plug an antenna into the antenna port but that’s what TV Tuner cards that you plug into your Jellyfin/Plex box are for. Basically for folks looking for a dumb TV chances are they have no need for any of the actual TV features except for maybe the remote
Successful_Try543@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
In Germany, you may also use the built in DVB-C receiver of the TV for free TV and an additional CI card for pay TV. But cable companies want you to use their set top boxes.
Professorozone@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I have a “smart TV” and I plug it into my receiver and use it as a monitor. I use the term smart TV that way, because it is more than 10 years old when TVs were just starting to have these features. I should also point out that the receiver does all of the spying that the TV isn’t doing. Not sure what I’ll do when the TV dies.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Similar for me. I have an old Philips “smart” (actually today it is very dumb as basically all services are disabled and all apps heavily outdated) TV which I occasionally use for watching TV, but most times I use the attached Raspberry Pi with Kodi for watching public German Mediathek, Youtube or Amazon Prime.