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I'm not aware of any dumb TV manufacturer after over a decade of smart TVs. I'm afraid the demand for dumb devices is simply not sustainable. People get accust

by rtsil 4y ago

I'm not aware of any dumb TV manufacturer after over a decade of smart TVs. I'm afraid the demand for dumb devices is simply not sustainable. People get accustomed to the new normal very quickly.

ReptileMan 4y ago
Any TV is dumb if you cut off its internet access in the firewall. A car with a sim card requires a bit more.
- carlivar 4y ago
  No, some still require a menu/GUI for something as simple as cycling inputs. LG, for example.
  - sidewndr46 4y ago
    My sister and her husband bought a "smart" sound bar. Theoretically it only needs an audio hookup. It does some type of HDMI passthrough, I think it is called "ARC". It has a WiFi connection but they never hooked it up. After about 3 hours of use, it would have to be powercycled or the audio would constantly cut in and out. My dad looked at it & he decided to connect it to WiFi to check for a manufacturer firmware update. There was no update. However, this fixed the issue entirely. The problem never happened again. A literal wired speaker, requires a WiFi connection to work properly.
saxonww 4y ago
This comes up over and over again. There is a brand that sells through Wal Mart in the US (Sceptre) which tends to not have smart features. They are not high end sets. You can also get 'commercial' sets intended for signage that are apparently OK too. Jeff Geerling did a video on an interesting one from Sharp/NEC that takes a smart module, which can be a raspberry pi, here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-epPf7D8oMk https://youtube.com/watch?v=-epPf7D8oMk. There are some caveats, but it's something to keep an eye on IMO. It seems to be true that there are no high end/aspirational sets that don't have smart features. I haven't personally seen any OLEDs, for example (although I am not an authority on this).
- Spooky23 4y ago
  The commercial TVs without smarts are getting hard to find. We don’t allow unmanaged OSs in some secure areas and finding them is harder and dramatically more expensive than a few years ago.

by rtsil 4y ago

I'm not aware of any dumb TV manufacturer after over a decade of smart TVs. I'm afraid the demand for dumb devices is simply not sustainable. People get accustomed to the new normal very quickly.

ReptileMan 4y ago

Any TV is dumb if you cut off its internet access in the firewall. A car with a sim card requires a bit more.

carlivar 4y ago
No, some still require a menu/GUI for something as simple as cycling inputs. LG, for example.
- sidewndr46 4y ago
  My sister and her husband bought a "smart" sound bar. Theoretically it only needs an audio hookup. It does some type of HDMI passthrough, I think it is called "ARC". It has a WiFi connection but they never hooked it up. After about 3 hours of use, it would have to be powercycled or the audio would constantly cut in and out. My dad looked at it & he decided to connect it to WiFi to check for a manufacturer firmware update. There was no update. However, this fixed the issue entirely. The problem never happened again. A literal wired speaker, requires a WiFi connection to work properly.

saxonww 4y ago

This comes up over and over again. There is a brand that sells through Wal Mart in the US (Sceptre) which tends to not have smart features. They are not high end sets. You can also get 'commercial' sets intended for signage that are apparently OK too. Jeff Geerling did a video on an interesting one from Sharp/NEC that takes a smart module, which can be a raspberry pi, here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-epPf7D8oMk https://youtube.com/watch?v=-epPf7D8oMk. There are some caveats, but it's something to keep an eye on IMO. It seems to be true that there are no high end/aspirational sets that don't have smart features. I haven't personally seen any OLEDs, for example (although I am not an authority on this).

Spooky23 4y ago
The commercial TVs without smarts are getting hard to find. We don’t allow unmanaged OSs in some secure areas and finding them is harder and dramatically more expensive than a few years ago.