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This is why you do not use a smart TV: Nefarious data collection on what you watch and Samsungs are known to demand to show ads or else. https://news.ycombinato

This is why you do not use a smart TV: Nefarious data collection on what you watch and Samsungs are known to demand to show ads or else. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13585132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13585132 https://www.extremetech.com/electronics/241500-samsung-smart-tv-update-forces-users-see-ads https://www.extremetech.com/electronics/241500-samsung-smart... http://www.techtimes.com/articles/190222/20161227/samsung-smart-tvs-shove-ads-down-users-throats-and-no-theres-no-real-opt-out.htm http://www.techtimes.com/articles/190222/20161227/samsung-sm... I'm also, for political reasons, suspicious of the FTC's willingness to pursue such cases in the future.

xanderstrike 10y ago
Can you recommend a 50" 1080p tv that isn't "smart"? I've been shopping for a new one and I strongly suspect they don't exist.
- kelnos 10y ago
  Do they work okay (sans "smart" features) if you just decline to connect them to a network?
- bcook 10y ago
  Search for Commercial TVs. I saw someone mention this in another thread on here.
- logfromblammo 10y ago
  Last time around, I elected to buy a smaller "dumb" TV, and just sit closer to it. I learned my lesson very early, with LG as my teacher. If I really had to get a large display, I'd just make it a big computer monitor and add a separate sound setup, or I'd spend the gratuitous extra markup on a commercial "digital signage" display. Either way, I'd probably have to route all TV-related functions through a set-top box with HDMI output, like a DVR, cable/satellite box, or HTPC.