All tvs are dumb tvs if you don’t connect them to the internet.
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elver@feddit.uk 4 days ago
You know what would sell like hot cakes? A dumb TV with Dolby Vision support. I went down the rabbit hole of finding a large HDR monitor and adapters to trick end devices to output player-led Dolby Vision to a HDR monitors, because I don’t need my TV to have a complete OS with streaming services and adverts integrated.
In the end I couldn’t find anything that didn’t have drawbacks. It’s something that could easily exist but there are no manufacturers bold enough to implement it.
Streaming tech moves so fast, I want to add it to my TV through hardware like a fire stick, not to become dependent on the TV manufacturer putting out updates until it’s ‘Out-of-support’.
I went with a TV and disabled as much of the junk as I could with a service remote and just never connected it to the internet, but jumping through these hoops seems so silly.
glitch1985@lemmy.world 4 days ago
elver@feddit.uk 4 days ago
I get where your coming from, and I have done that, but I get constant popup reminders that “You are not connected to the internet, would you like to set this up now to access exciting apps and features?” And on top of that, I’ve had to switch to a universal remote, because the one that comes with the TV activates a cursor on screen when it senses movement which is a “feature” you can’t switch off. I just want a remote with on/off, input, and volume control 😭
glitch1985@lemmy.world 4 days ago
What brand tv is that? It sounds horrible lol. I haven’t touched my TV remote in years since mine is controlled over cec with my Nvidia shield.
elver@feddit.uk 4 days ago
LG ☹️
beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I think high end smasnugs do that
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 4 days ago
So dont give your tv internet access and plug in a pc.