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Don't buy a smart TV, don't let your family/friends buy smart TVs. Buy a dumb screen and hook it up to an Apple TV, Chromecast etc. The 'smart' software is a pr
by fredley 7y ago
Don't buy a smart TV, don't let your family/friends buy smart TVs. Buy a dumb screen and hook it up to an Apple TV, Chromecast etc. The 'smart' software is a privacy nightmare over which you have very little control. And sure, so is the Chromecast, but I at least have more faith that wherever that data's going it's going there securely and is relatively unlikely to be breached. Also, the software on your smart TV will age much faster than the screen itself.
- imgabe 7y agoIs it even possible to buy a dumb screen anymore?
- jay_kyburz 7y agoProbably not, but you don't need to give it your wifi password.
- fencepost 7y agoDiscussion of this on reddit leads me to believe that at least some Samsung TVs would connect to any available open wifi networks.
- Domenic_S 7y agoI purposefully didn't give my Sony tv (android) my wifi password. A few weeks later it prompted me to install a firmware update, and I saw it was connected to my home wifi. How? Best I can guess is another android device shared credentials with the TV. I blocked that stupid thing at the router. I don't need firmware updates for my TV.
- imgabe 7y agoIs there anyone else in your house who might have put in the credentials? That seems like a big security hole if Android will just share wifi credentials with other random Android devices.
- driverdan 7y agoWhy would you have open networks? Anyone can monitor their traffic.
- Dylan16807 7y agoI can't exactly control my neighbors.
- lh7777 7y agoRight. The only thing I've ever done using my Sony smart TV's native interface is to go into settings and turn off WiFi. It isn't a dumb TV, but might as well be.
- saluki 7y agoJust don't connect it to the internet. The Apple TV experience is way better anyway.
- umvi 7y agoOh how times have changed. Behold, my Software Processes textbook in college (< 10 years ago): https://imgur.com/a/IOibz79 https://imgur.com/a/IOibz79
- bastawhiz 7y ago"Commercial displays" are the answer. A TV without a tuner or any of the bullshit. Just HDMI.
- theomega 7y agoAny recommendations for what vendor and what line to go with?
- Multicomp 7y agoNEC E series for cheap, P series for the pro grade stuff. In a past theme park life we setup our outdoor TVs for showing queue line content and they used NEC P430(? It's been years) both outside in a case and inside for digital menu boards in restaurants.
- elsonrodriguez 7y agoI was thinking about going this route, but the best TVs on the market are OLEDs, the only game in town is LG, and the "sale" price was over $2k. I couldn't imagine what the "commercial display" tax would be. I ended up just blocking LG's servers on my network.
- rsync 7y agoActually, commercial displays are not that expensive. As you see in retail and airport settings, these displays are bought by the thousand and are often configured in 6/9/18 screen "display walls" ... and therefore the purchasers are price-sensitive. Yes, they are more expensive than a TV from Best Buy, but only about 2x - not 5x.
- mattbreeden 7y agoYes. I bought one this year and I love it: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C2N7DKG https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C2N7DKG
- HenryBemis 7y agoI disagree, I got a nice 3D "smart tv" it has all the goodies that I need (plays mp4, avi, mkv, mp3, etc.) I just make sure one thing happens. It stays offline :) When someone asks me if they can watch something from YouTube, I add 5mins in the process, I download it on a USB flash disk on my PC, stick it on the TV, and presto!! YouTube-on-the-TV!
- stephenitis 7y agoYou do this for every single request? that sounds like a pain in the ass.
- HenryBemis 7y agoI don't watch that many YT videos on my TV, most stuff I watch are from my cable provider. I use YT on my large PC screen (cat videos etc.)
- grillvogel 7y ago>Buy a dumb screen and hook it up where do we find these 65inch 4K "dumb screens" for purchase?