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The move for me was never, not even at setup, connecting my new TV to wifi and simply routing everything through the Apple TV.
Seems to be working great so far at avoiding a lot of common “smart TV” problems.
Maybe Framework's next product should be a dumb TV, perhaps based on the latest LG OLED panels.
This is exactly why I never connect TVs to the internet. Then they are just dumb HDMI panels.
Or, like the Amazon Echoes, they'll form a mesh network with your neighbors TVs and other devices and then just use your neighbor's wifi to phone home.
It's coming. I'm buying Spectres and I suggest others do the same.
I recently bought a new TV and did a little searching for dumb TVs before buying. It’s really hard to find a dumb TV. I learned that you can in fact buy a commercial TV that is dumb which seems like a good option. I ended up going with a smart enabled Samsung TV and have not enabled the TV to access wifi. It wants me to agree to terms and conditions whenever I pull up the main menu. I’ve learned to ignore it but it h…
1) The remaining consumer options are on the low to mediocre end of the spectrum and don't have great picture
2) The commercial options are more expensive with mediocre picture, as they're intended for digital signage (24/7 full brightness), not movies.
I recently bought a new TV and did a little searching for dumb TVs before buying. It’s really hard to find a dumb TV. I learned that you can in fact buy a commercial TV that is dumb which seems like a good option. I ended up going with a smart enabled Samsung TV and have not enabled the TV to access wifi. It wants me to agree to terms and conditions whenever I pull up the main menu. I’ve learned to ignore it but it h…
By the way, your post is basically the article, except they mention Sceptre TVs, who specialize in making dumb tv panels.
Last time this topic came up, I asked about the idea of a company producing dumb TV. I know a number of “normal” people who don’t particularly care for internet connectivity in anything so I was curious why no one was doing it, at least not with the sizes and resolutions you see on top of the line TVs. Apparently the margins on commodity hardware like TVs are too small. Someone did bring up and interesting idea of ru…
Last time this topic came up, I asked about the idea of a company producing dumb TV. I know a number of “normal” people who don’t particularly care for internet connectivity in anything so I was curious why no one was doing it, at least not with the sizes and resolutions you see on top of the line TVs. Apparently the margins on commodity hardware like TVs are too small. Someone did bring up and interesting idea of ru…
Example search here: https://www.cdw.com/Search/computer-monitors-displays/large-...
Looks like you can't check out without an account, but I'm sure you could find a shop that would sell you one.
Here is a basic one: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1242029-REG/samsung_3...
It looks like since I last checked the "smart" is creeping in, but these are designed to "accept input, and display it" so it's as close as we can get without custom manufacturing.
Did “Dumb” TVs really need defending? Seems like if anything we should be convinced instead why Smart TVs are a good idea.
If they were not user hostile it could be nice. For example if the device itself ran the streaming software, you could turn on your TV from that streaming service’s phone app.
That was what HDMI CEC was supposed to deliver... assuming that it works. Hit and miss.