Could your tv just phone home via another nearby (neighbors) tv?
Comment on Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen
Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 5 months agoMight not be the exact solution you’re looking for, but I run my “smart TV” off a cheap ass laptop. The TV itselfbhas never been connected to the internet.
slumberlust@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I sure as fuck hope not lol. I don’t think my TV has that capability, even if it wanted to. If I don’t give it access to my shit, its just a big-ass monitor lol.
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Hmm. Since all I use my tv for is local plex server and hdmi I could just disable its internet access in the router.
Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Absolutely! There is no reason for the TV itself to have access, I’m actually using this TV as kind of an experiment, I let my last 2 roku TVs access the internet, and after 2-3 years they both went tits up. I’ve heard rumors that they can pretty much be broken on schedule with “updates” and shit. No idea if that is true, But if this TV lasts me a good long while, I will assume it is lol. So far 1 year on this one lol.