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We recently purchased a TV and chose one based on the lack of any Smart TV functionality. It boots in 5 seconds and doesn't try and join botnets. The future is

We recently purchased a TV and chose one based on the lack of any Smart TV functionality. It boots in 5 seconds and doesn't try and join botnets. The future is stupid.

laythea 9y ago
I got a new TV last week. The problem with a preference for simple is that the best model bang/buck was a smart tv. I managed to crash it with only the remote controller last night.
- daveFNbuck 9y ago
  Do you still think it was the best bang for the buck when you factor in the crash and how slow it is in general?
  - laythea 9y ago
    Depressingly, yes.
Feniks 9y ago
Yep the whole internet of things isn't my cup of tea either. I'm not letting my TV iniate an outbound connection without permission. Security is a nightmare and I don't want to be profiled by anyone.
daveFNbuck 9y ago
I'm getting worried I won't be able to find a dumb TV when I need a new one.
- Piskvorrr 9y ago
  It's called "computer display" nowadays; the so-called TVs only have extra a RPi compute module and a DVB tuner ;)
  - daveFNbuck 9y ago
    TVs are also much bigger and cheaper and have multiple inputs and an IR sensor for remote control.
    - rikkus 9y ago
      I use the remote control for one thing on our TV: volume. That’s just because all the sound goes in there via HDMI then off to an amp with no remote control.
marcosdumay 9y ago
I recently brought my first smart TV. I tried to avoid it, but the cheapest not smart alternative was more than twice the price. But you know, except for a "do you want to update now" nagging that made it unusable for the first 2 hours after I plugged it on the net, and a immediate "please accept this EULA so we can display ads" that I declined, the smart features have been nice since then. I am still wary of a future "we are shutting down our servers, this TV will be no more", but not of much more.
- pavel_lishin 9y ago
  Which features are available that you find useful? I'm surprised any are turned on if you declined the EULA.
  - marcosdumay 9y ago
    I decline a EULA. Basically the one offering ads. I don't think it's necessary for anything actually useful. It's very nice to connect to the TV by Bluetooth. It's nice to plug stuff there and browse the web too, but does not make all that difference because there's a Kodi machine just under it (right now I'm not sure I will keep the computer).
rikkus 9y ago
Which one was that? Sounds great.

We recently purchased a TV and chose one based on the lack of any Smart TV functionality. It boots in 5 seconds and doesn't try and join botnets. The future is stupid.

laythea 9y ago

I got a new TV last week. The problem with a preference for simple is that the best model bang/buck was a smart tv. I managed to crash it with only the remote controller last night.

daveFNbuck 9y ago
Do you still think it was the best bang for the buck when you factor in the crash and how slow it is in general?
- laythea 9y ago
  Depressingly, yes.

Feniks 9y ago

Yep the whole internet of things isn't my cup of tea either. I'm not letting my TV iniate an outbound connection without permission. Security is a nightmare and I don't want to be profiled by anyone.

daveFNbuck 9y ago

I'm getting worried I won't be able to find a dumb TV when I need a new one.

Piskvorrr 9y ago
It's called "computer display" nowadays; the so-called TVs only have extra a RPi compute module and a DVB tuner ;)
- daveFNbuck 9y ago
  TVs are also much bigger and cheaper and have multiple inputs and an IR sensor for remote control.
  - rikkus 9y ago
    I use the remote control for one thing on our TV: volume. That’s just because all the sound goes in there via HDMI then off to an amp with no remote control.

marcosdumay 9y ago

I recently brought my first smart TV. I tried to avoid it, but the cheapest not smart alternative was more than twice the price. But you know, except for a "do you want to update now" nagging that made it unusable for the first 2 hours after I plugged it on the net, and a immediate "please accept this EULA so we can display ads" that I declined, the smart features have been nice since then. I am still wary of a future "we are shutting down our servers, this TV will be no more", but not of much more.

pavel_lishin 9y ago
Which features are available that you find useful? I'm surprised any are turned on if you declined the EULA.
- marcosdumay 9y ago
  I decline a EULA. Basically the one offering ads. I don't think it's necessary for anything actually useful. It's very nice to connect to the TV by Bluetooth. It's nice to plug stuff there and browse the web too, but does not make all that difference because there's a Kodi machine just under it (right now I'm not sure I will keep the computer).

rikkus 9y ago

Which one was that? Sounds great.