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Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs
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I do want a dumb 8K TV. I do not want all the so called smart features of a TV. Small Linux device with kodi works way better.
Not ideal, but you can air gap the TV from the network, and use some small sbc, or even a firestick or android box. That's what I do. Stremio?
As far as my TV is concerned I don't have an internet connection.
I do want a TV that can access Netflix etc without another box. I just don't want the surveillance that comes with it.
I personally hate Kodi UI. But I get your point
uh....there are hundreds of Kodi UIs.
I just run mine without ever connecting it to the internet.
I run an Apple TV (shock, walled garden!), as it is the only device I've seen that consistently matches frame rates properly on the output.