it’s not that complicated, just get a smart TV and don’t connect it to your network. quite easy to never use any of the built in apps if you only use your own inputs sources.
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Pechente@feddit.org 3 weeks agoNot sure if it changed in the last year or so since I bought my tv but isn’t the issue that there are essentially no dumb tvs? The closest I could find were big monitors intended to be commercial public displays but they came with their own set of issues. In the end I bought a smart tv and I it’s quite bad.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Pechente@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
That’s exactly what I do but that doesn’t magically shield me from the bad software running on these machines. The OS is still unstable, tries to apply a bunch of filters that need to be disabled, has extreme lag unless gaming mode is being used and has stupid UI decisions like putting the audio level exactly where the subtitles usually are so that changing audio will obfuscate them. Once every 24h I‘m also getting a warning that the tv is not connected to the internet, despite network connectivity being explicitly disabled.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The OS is still unstable
sounds like you have a crappy TV then. I literally never have to touch my LG.
tries to apply a bunch of filters that need to be disabled
well sure, but image processing in general is good to have in a TV. I wouldn’t say having options on how to do that is a bad thing.
has extreme lag unless gaming mode is being used
again, that’s due to the image processing. lag is fine if you are just watching the TV, and if you want to play games there is gaming mode. so i’m not sure what your complaint even is here.
and has stupid UI decisions like putting the audio level exactly where the subtitles usually are so that changing audio will obfuscate them.
this has nothing to do with the “smart” functions.
Once every 24h I‘m also getting a warning that the tv is not connected to the internet, despite network connectivity being explicitly disabled.
again, this is not a thing for most smart TVs, you just have a shitty one.
sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
searching “non-smart tv” on amazon yield many results as long as you don’t require highend brand like samsung or LG
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I’m trying to avoid Amazon but I’ll look there to see what I can learn.
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
That’s what my search keeps coming up with - commercial display models. I don’t know enough about them to make a good decision, though. I guess I’ll keep digging.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Those displays are made to be very bright and usually have a lot of backlight bleed.