Curious, what functionality would I lose? All it needs to do is turn on and display video through an HDMI port.
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deweydecibel@lemmy.world 11 months agoIf they allow you to do that without any loss in functionality.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
lemann@lemmy.one 11 months 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
Asudox@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What a realistic approach! A thing getting dumber as it ages, what a great idea!
/s
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Aha! Yeah that’s okay with me, since we just disable their internet hook computers up, to use them as dumb monitors.
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 11 months 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 11 months 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.
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 11 months ago
Just depends on what you need it for, and what youre trying to plug into it.
For example, some people dont have spare computers to turn into a mini server, but do have $60 and the time to fiddle with a raspberry pi.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Mines a 14 year old gateway you could prolly get for free or under 100, much more powerful than a RPi. Using Windows 10 on it with zero issue.
I do have a couple Pis next to it but those don’t hook up to any screens, I just tunnel into em.