Comment on Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second

• tal@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s also harder to find them in larger sizes any more, even for the few for which sell them at all.

  assetbasedlife.com/dumb-tvs-are-a-dying-breed/

  This lists Insignia, which is a Best Buy store brand.

  tomsguide.com/…/dumb-tvs-heres-why-you-cant-find-…

  This has a couple, at least as of last year:

  Your best bet of grabbing one is to head over to Best Buy and look out for the Insignia brand of TVs. There you can find a 43-inch dumb TV for around $169 or a 32-inch model for $69 . (Links to Best Buy.)

  On Amazon, you can simply search for dumb TV and you should be able to find a few options from manufacturers like Westinghouse, RCA or Sceptre. (Links to Amazon.)

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• rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Plenty of companies make display TVs that only display commercial content. You see them all the time displaying menus in fast food restaurants.

  These can also have all smart tech turned off because some companies also use them as digital whiteboards to display proprietary or confidential information.

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  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Those typically come at commercial pricing, which is insane.

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    • rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I would hardly consider that pricing insane. Consumer TVs are massively subsidized by the smart tech built into them, in some cases by up to 60%. Considering the more robust construction (for commercial use) and lack of subsidization, I would consider those prices to be spot-on and rather reasonable.

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      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Those commercial displays are nothing but heavily stripped down TVs with anything unnecessary to being a advertising display removed. and maybe a special a tiny, grossly overpriced and heavily cut down computer built into it to run the slideshows/menus/whatever.

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