It doesn’t really matter, just don’t connect them to the internet. Our TV just has a 14 year old computer that plays media perfectly, and is completely cut off from the internet.
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Eggyhead@artemis.camp 1 year agoDo modern TVs even come in non-smart variants anymore?
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If they allow you to do that without any loss in functionality.
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 1 year ago
It takes some research if youve never done anything like it before, but you can drip feed it the internet via a pihole, and starve it specifically of ads and data collection. Keep the functionality, kill the leech.
Google smart tv pihole, theres a few guides, for anyone interested.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
But why? It doesn’t need that for anything. Just plug an old computer in via HDMI and bookmark movie-web.app or download/stream stuff from anywhere. Much better quality, interface, and no jank.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Curious, what functionality would I lose? All it needs to do is turn on and display video through an HDMI port.
lemann@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Samsung historically has had a habit of poaching features from their Smart TVs as they age, eventually leaving you with a not so smart TV after a decade or so. Not sure if other manufacturers do the same
devfuuu@lemmy.world [bot] 1 year ago
no.
ubermeisters@lemmy.world 1 year ago
yeah I have 3 connected to this PC
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But they’re expensive.
A 50" TV is about $220. (smart TV)
A 50" monitor is $650.
ubermeisters@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yep. Thus why i edited my comment in an attempt to back-wheel a little.
Monitors are more expensive because of generally higher refresh rates(images displayed per time interval), color accuracy, pixel density, and response time (how fast a pixel can change colors).