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We have our smart TV just acting as a display for a mini PC via HDMI connection. TV knows nothing about our WiFi so no phoning home.
by stormdennis 6y ago
We have our smart TV just acting as a display for a mini PC via HDMI connection. TV knows nothing about our WiFi so no phoning home.
- tomxor 6y agoHave you had fun hunting for and turning off all of the awful picture "enhancing" features yet? and then figuring out how to make it persistent. Modern TVs really seem to ruin the video even though they are perfectly capable of just showing a color adjusted signal, quickly becomes obvious when you plug in a computer.
- stormdennis 6y agoI don't know to be truthful. The TV remote has loads of buttons bottom the only ones I use are on/off, source to find the HDMI and volume sometimes. I'd love just to have a dumb monitor of the same size but they're not available. A bonus then would be no need to have a tv licence.
- jfk13 6y agoIf you're referring to a UK TV licence, it doesn't matter what kind of monitor you're using; it's about what you watch (live TV, whether over the air or online, or any use of BBC iPlayer). Watching TV via a computer and a dumb monitor still requires a licence. https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one (Edited to add: Conversely, merely owning a TV does not require a license; if you're only using it as a computer or gaming monitor, and not watching [online] TV programmes on it, you should be fine.)
- stormdennis 6y agoUnfortunately not. Having a tv set in the house here requires a licence even the thing is out of order