Good day! I am trying to find a good alternative as not to use the"smart" functions or using an Xbox to consume our media. I found a few options ie like plasma big screen but it’s no longer in development. Essentially I would line love to have it running on an rpi4 and just hooked up to the TV.
It’s been years since I’ve shopped for a TV, but… can’t you just not connect it to the internet? I have a little microPC running Linux connected to our TV; it’s smarter than any other TV I’ve seen, but the TV itself is stupid.
Why can’t someone just get a smart TV and just never let it get online?
I mean, sure, if I had my 'druthers, I wouldn’t be paying for features I don’t use, but if it’s literally impossible to buy dumb TVs, what’s the issue?
I used to do that but it would constantly nag until I connected it
Mines connected for home automation but can’t connect to the internet. Blocking the Mac address from going out.
Hmm. Just curious: did you try creating a tar pit subnet for it, which it could connect to but not escape from?
Definitely curious as well, but so far haven’t gotten around to trying
I mean, someday I’ll get a new TV, and I’d just been assuming I’d leave it disconnected… but I hadn’t thought about the nagware, and that would definitely be an issue.
They TV companies make lots of money from selling ad space and preinstalled apps. (They likely sell at a loss initially)