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If my current non-"smart" TV ever dies, I'm pretty much just going to stop watching TV forever.
by rdiddly 7y ago
If my current non-"smart" TV ever dies, I'm pretty much just going to stop watching TV forever.
- bradknowles 7y agoThis is not ... yet ... necessary. Just don't ever connect it via WiFi, Ethernet, or Bluetooth to any kind of source of Internet connectivity. Once they get to the point where they require online connectivity to do anything at all (like power on), then it's time to dump them for something simpler -- and more expensive.
- danShumway 7y ago> Just don't ever connect it via WiFi Anecdotally, I have heard reports about smart TVs occasionally auto-connecting to random public, unencrypted networks that are in range so they can release whatever 'payload' they have. I haven't confirmed, because I've never bought a smart TV.
- NullPrefix 7y agoI'm pretty sure DVB-T allows sending binary blobs as additional payload.
- mackrevinack 7y agobuild a faraday cage for your tv or alternatively a cage that would be just big enough to fit you and your tv
- bscphil 7y agoIs there any way to know, ahead of time, that the TV I buy will be fully functional if I choose to never connect it to the Internet? That's what I'm worried about: that I'll get a new TV and something essential, say Dolby Vision support, will just not be enabled unless I leave it connected to the Internet, or at least connect it once - enough time for it to download an ad to show me for the rest of eternity.
- dbuder 7y agoYou would need chisel off the chips, Smart TVs have been caught doing whatever they like and everyone should have known this because printers are even worse.
- gregoryl 7y agoI haven't owned a TV in years; don't find it particularly limiting (laptop + netflix/prime), and frees up space in my home for other things.