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I just want a somewhat trustworthy organization to develop a "DUMB" certification. I will pay extra for a certified DUMB TV.

• yencabulator 2y ago
  Digital Universal Media Box.
  • ortusdux 2y ago
    I was trying to backronym it, but I got stuck on "Doesn't Upload My (synonym for data)"
    • 39896880 2y ago
      Bits
      • ortusdux 2y ago
        I love it, esp. the double entendre. "Don't Upload My Bits!"
• amelius 2y ago
  It will only be a matter of time until Congress realizes that among all the user tracking adtech companies there are also Chinese companies, at which point all user tracking including smart TVs will be banned.
  • usui 2y ago
    That's... very optimistic. What evidence until now exists points to that outcome? You don't think they'll prefer the lazy route of targeting the Chinese companies themselves to avoid the real conversation?
• PenguinCoder 2y ago
  Look at digital signage monitors. Even with that classification they have HDMI and some have WiFi.
  • rcarmo 2y ago
    Some of them lack the right flavors of HDCP.
    • rbanffy 2y ago
      Also way more expensive than TVs. Shouldn't be that hard to build a replacement board for popular sets. There are replacement electronics for analog CRT-based TVs.
• rbanffy 2y ago
  > I will pay extra for a certified DUMB TV. We used to call them monitors [1], but a dumb TV at TV prices would be very appealing. Even more so because, with the smaller board brains, it might have more space for different inputs. [1] https://www.dell.com/en-ie/shop/dell-86-4k-interactive-touch-monitor-p8624qt/apd/210-bjkg/monitors-monitor-accessories https://www.dell.com/en-ie/shop/dell-86-4k-interactive-touch... seems a little bit too smart. It's funny when you need to get rid of a monitor because it "knows too much"...