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Can someone explain this to me: are smart TVs full of adverts now? In both Europe and USA? Are dumb TVs still a thing?
by bennysomething 5y ago
Can someone explain this to me: are smart TVs full of adverts now? In both Europe and USA?
Are dumb TVs still a thing?
- Nextgrid 5y agoSome smart TVs display ads, others are "upgraded" into displaying ads later on even if they didn't do so originally, but most importantly, a lot of them spy on what you're watching. Dumb TVs are difficult to come by, what you now need is professional displays. They come in different ranges and the prices & features vary a lot. Digital signage ones which might be a poor fit for a TV as they're very expensive, have different reliability requirements (24/7 operation) and may lack some features such as 4K, HDR or HDCP which are desirable if you want to use it as a TV. The ones designed/marketed for meeting room use would be my suggestion - are usually based on the same hardware as the consumer version which means you get all the features you'd expect from a consumer-grade TV (the tuner is the only part missing) and cost-wise are reasonable compared to digital signage displays. I've had good luck with Sony's professional display range: https://pro.sony/en_GB/products/pro-displays https://pro.sony/en_GB/products/pro-displays - they are reasonably priced (in my case the markup was around 1/3 more than an equivalent consumer-grade version) and give you what seems like a consumer-grade TV with all the normal TV features but a cleaned-up firmware (bare Android TV with no BS, though the Play Store is there if you want, and you can install APKs such as Kodi directly).
- bennysomething 5y agoThanks for this. Does just unplugging the TV from the internet work too? All my TV comes from my pc underneath my TV. Or is installing barebones android myself an possibility?