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I think it's easier to just buy whatever TV you want but never connect it to the internet. Hook it up to a Chromecast or Apple TV or a Plex box or whatever and
by solardev 3y ago
I think it's easier to just buy whatever TV you want but never connect it to the internet. Hook it up to a Chromecast or Apple TV or a Plex box or whatever and you're good.
I've done that with last 3-4 TVs and never had an issue. And the $50 dongle is much cheaper than paying $1000 more.
- jprete 3y agoCellular radios and connections are getting cheap enough to embed in the TVs directly, so this is at best a temporary solution.
- solardev 3y agoI just won't buy those TVs.
- philistine 3y agoOnce again, this whole idea rears its ugly head. There has never been a TV, let alone a device, that has included a cellular radio to maintain a connection so it can keep tracking you. Never happened. It’s just a thing we know can happen, but doesn’t for myriad reasons like humans flying in drones.
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- BlueTemplar 3y agoIsn't it mandatory for new cars in the EU now ?
- photon_rancher 3y agoCars pretty much all do this now.
- yencabulator 3y agoUnfortunately a lot of modern TVs have bloated slow UIs, and want to default to showing their "home screen". This makes them much worse experiences for "just show HDMI input".
- jtbayly 3y agoAt a school I was doing IT support for, I had a Hisense TV suddenly refuse to work at all (couldn’t even select HDMI input) until I connected it to the internet and created an account.