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> TV: just don't buy an actual TV. Buy a monitor and hook it up to a Linux box with something like Kodi. I simply bought a non-smart TV. I just made sure it ha
by Tor3 5y ago
> TV: just don't buy an actual TV. Buy a monitor and hook it up to a Linux box with something like Kodi.
I simply bought a non-smart TV. I just made sure it had a number of HDMI ports. I plug my various media sources into the HDMI ports.
A "smart" TV must be the most un-smart TV possible - you're stuck with whatever's there. The "smart" part (say, a Pi or a Chromecast or both) must be detached from the display device (the TV), not a part of it.
"smart" TVs remind me of back when I bought a webcam with integrated Skype, for my old parents. It did make it easy for them to skype with their grandchildren, using the TV. But of course Skype, or MS at the time, plugged the pull on the version of Skype used by the webcam and then it became a brick. Never again.
- baq 5y agothe problem is, non-smart-TVs are twice as expensive. you can buy a smart tv and never connect it to the internet, though.
- skummetmaelk 5y ago5G modems in every TV are just around the corner.
- Tor3 5y agoThat may be changing, but when I bought my 49" non-smart TV a few years back it was quite a bit cheaper than the same-size smart TVs. It wasn't that long ago, but a quick check at the same shop shows only "smart" (read: stupid) TVs. Unfortunately. As the price for the non-smart TV I bought was lower than the equivalent "smart" version I believe we'll be paying for a feature we don't need.
- baq 5y agoyou're looking for 'digital signage displays' (expensive) or a 'video monitor' (seriously expensive for anything tv-sized, if it exists at all).
- kroltan 5y agoSmart TVs are equally expensive, you just pay with your sanity and data instead of bucks.
- Tor3 5y agoArgh, a typo there.. read "pulled the plug" (too late to edit post)