Comment on People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads

MintyFresh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• kamen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m also in the market for one. Can’t give you a recommendation from experience, but from what I read some smart TVs can be booted up and operated in “dumb” mode, which I think would be a good compromise - you might wanna look into that, because dedicated dumb TVs seem to be next to non-existent.

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• EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  For a TV, just don’t connect it to a network.

  This doesn’t work for the Amazon Echo Show though, since internet connectivity is required for its core function.

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  • MintyFresh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I know, that’s what I do. It’s just so bloat ridden it’s 5 clicks with a shitty remote to switch inputs. I want a tv with no UI, just a power button, volume, channel, and input. Maybe a menu for color settings. The menus on mine are built to push me to one app or another. Every time I turn it on I have to navigate pop ups and prompts trying to get me to connect it and spend money on one app or another. I just want to go to HDMI 1.

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• rmuk@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You’ll pay through the nose, but look at digital signage panels. They are bristling with I/O, configurable to the nth degree, wonderfully over-engineered and utterly free from bloat.

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• DarthAstrius@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I need one with ultra resolution but also unsmart

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• Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  B&O 😊 awesome Picture and awesome Sound.
  Smartness is only achieved by placing an Apple TV into it.

  And price is way too high.

  My dad has one.

  I have an old LG and have set on my router to keep it offline

  I only use it with ISP TV box, Nintendo Switch and Apple TV

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