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Smart TVs were created for all kinds of agendas but none were actually for us the consumers. All those agendas require an OS which takes time to boot. Making it worse, some of those TVs' CPU are crap and thus every operation takes much longer than those dumb ones. Lots of vendors also start to ship new remotes that removed all the essential buttons, especially the video source button, and I have to press 5 or more ti…
Because personally I never ever would configure internet on my TV. I just use HDMI as input.
But this is also because I don't have cable TV. Imho dropping cable TV is one of the best ROIs you can make.
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Who needs firmware updates on a TV?
BBC iPlayer stopped supporting don't older TVs. I think it was a codec issue, they only now support more modern codecs? In which case a firmware update might have provided a fix. I know several older people who changed TV because of it.
If the premise is "do not connect it to a network to make it a dumb TV" then the apps that need the internet won't work anyway.
If the only thing is connected to is HDMI (and that device providers any apps you need)... Then surely firmware and software updates are not needed.
If course the key is to never ever give it any network or Bluetooth credentials.
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> Because manufacturers will earn more than your 100$ with ads and all other Is there any evidence that this is the case?
[0] indicates they earn some 10-20$/year for vizio and 40$/month ([sic], article probably meant year) for Roku from advertising. With a lifetime of a TV at about 5 years this puts you in 100-200$ extra territory. [0] https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/10/22773073/vizio-acr-adver...
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Blocking the MAC address from making connections outright seems like a more sensible way to prevent surveillance. Assuming of course you are using it as a truly 'dumb' TV and not as a client for Netflix etc.
wouldn't be easier just not set internet connection in first place? I don't think TV can hack into secure WiFi network
Sigh. I am stuck on a 40" 1080p Dumb tv :(
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I don't understand it either, but it's also because I don't know how modern TVs (2015+) behave when not connected. But I wouldn't be surprised if Samsung and others would already be working on a solution where the TVs use your phone as a bridge to the internet. Or neighboring IoT devices (similar to Amazon Sidewalk).
Just a built in sim card with very cheap data rates works. Apparently this viewing data is worth quite a bit of money on the data markets.