Before we start talking about smart TV technology, let's take a short trip down memory lane and recall what television was like without it: it's the early 2000s, your favorite show is on, the action builds to a climax, you're on the edge of your seat.... and there it is, the dreaded commercial break.
  • kvjxq@beehaw.org
    11·
    2 years ago

    You can still buy a 4k “dumb” TV from Sceptre. I’ve been pretty happy with mine.

    • tamagotchicowboy
      3·
      2 years ago

      This is similar to what I do, use a standard lcd tv, then I use it as monitor to make it ‘smart’. Can confirm, works great.

      I remember when smart TVs were first advertised, people were afraid something like that please drink can to continue green text would come to life. My mom’s version was having to dance to an ad to keep watching her telenovella and the tv never registering it.

    • Helix 🧬@feddit.de
      2·
      2 years ago

      Sadly dumb TVs by Sceptre are not available all over the world. In (northern) Europe there’s SwedX who are doing digital signage solutions. I guess there’s a few other manufacturers doing the same, but they often lack image quality features (like FALD, HDR, …) higher priced smart TVs have. This is how they get you :/

  • Fujitner@lemmy.ml
    5·
    2 years ago

    I got a “smart” TV, but have never connected it to a network… I made sure I got one with an ethernet port, turned wifi OFF and have never plugged in a network cable. The IP address has been set to something that will never work in the off chance someone ever does accidentally plug it in.

    I made sure it is one that can be upgraded with the firmware on a USB stick, it does not need to be online to be upgraded…

    It is used as a huge monitor for a Linux multimedia PC, but that’s fine!

    • Fujitner@lemmy.ml
      4·
      2 years ago

      as long as you’ve removed all the surveillance capitalism crap that is baked into a lot of off-the-shelf android appliances…