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DO NOT BUY: LG’s Spyware TVs, Monitors, and Wiretapping Concerns
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Man, I miss the days when all TVs were dumb. All they needed was a coax for aerial TV, and then whatever input for anything else. If I wanted my TV to be smart, I could do that myself by pluging a smart device into it.
I plugged a mini PC into my TV, then control it from the couch with a wireless mouse and keyboard. Now I can stream all my favorite Internet shows from a desktop browser. No smart TV required!
Yeah except you can’t buy a not-smart TV anymore
True, but I just refuse to connect my Smart TV to the Internet. It can't talk to my PC, it just operates as a dumb display for the mini PC.
roumer is that some brands try and connect to any open WiFi networks or other smart TVs to get on the internet, its disgusting and should be illegal
You can buy not-smart TV like Sceptre.
I just looked in my local online electronics shop, and there are lots of decent non-smart TV’s of various brands - Philips, Kivi, Thompson etc.
Using “dumb” Toshiba TV with RPi as TV box myself - it supports HDMI-CEC too, so only TV remote is enough.
Look for a commercial display. Same thing without the smart elements. They are more expensive though.
Yes you can, they're called Monitors
Samsung has digital signage models that have a convenient "skip" button on the WiFi setup.