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"Smart" TV's are anything but... Smart. 1984 video wall in your home spying on you. If they could get people to buy ones with built in cameras they would be thrilled (they have tried with stuff like skype integration but it failed miserably).

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>When was the last time you turned on your TV and felt like it was just...a TV? No startup screens, no sluggish apps, no constant reminders to update firmware or sign in to a dozen streaming accounts. For all their conveniences, smart TVs have taken something simple and overcomplicated it, which is why dumb TVs deserve a comeback.

"Smart" TV's are anything but... Smart. 1984 video wall in your home spying on you. If they could get people to buy ones with built in cameras they would be thrilled (they have tried with stuff like skype integration but it failed miserably). Archive: https://archive.today/3pi6A From the post: >>When was the last time you turned on your TV and felt like it was just...a TV? No startup screens, no sluggish apps, no constant reminders to update firmware or sign in to a dozen streaming accounts. For all their conveniences, smart TVs have taken something simple and overcomplicated it, which is why dumb TVs deserve a comeback.
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The world would be better in general if retardation made a comeback.

Anything labeled as "smart" is usually just a misnomer for arrogance, and probably created by some real faggots

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Some marketing kike came up with it...probably the same one that coined "cloud" when referring to the internet.

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I bought a dumb TV in 2022 on a black Friday sale deal. Was about $130. No bells and whistles. I just use it to play DVDs and hook to hdmi cable. I don't have any streaming services and don't have regular cable TV. Don't need. Don't want. Hopefully the TV lasts for a while..

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Have you tried just not plugging in or connecting to the WiFi? You can get some where you can remove the WiFi as well...

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Yeah, Mine is hooked up to a small Linux PC that does all of the streaming stuff. Plus, I don't have to worry about an app being supported and I have a wireless keyboard as well. I had a IR dongle for using with a remote but the keyboard is easier to deal with.

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Ethernet can be carried across HDMI. It wouldn't surprise me if some try to connect this way, even if they don't tell you it's doing it.

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I ended up with an off-brand smart TV and connected it via the Ethernet plug with an inline switch I keep off most of the time (and I never gave it any Wi-Fi passwords, though of course Google could easily use its password database to bypass that). It could run fine without ever being allowed to connect to the Internet. The only app I use is SmartTube Next, which could easily be done via a streaming device connected, which is the right way to do things as the article suggests. For one, you don't risk bricking the OS with the constant updates the smart TV downloads. I'd rather brick a streaming box than the whole TV.

There's no way to know whether it captures HDMI input periodically, saves locally, then uploads when connected to the Internet.

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You can buy commercial grade TVs that don't have the bloat, but you're going to spend a lot more money for the same image quality. Smart TVs are popular because manufacturers keep making money off of them after you buy them.

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When was the last time you turned on your TV

1995.

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No need. You can turn a smart TV into a dumb TV simply by not connecting to the internet.