Ask Wirecutter: Can you recommend a not-smart TV for me?
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#2The approach I’ve taken is to just keep my TV off the internet (never join a WiFi network) and make it smart via an Apple TV, which I personally believe to have the strongest privacy protection of any smart TV device.
Another bonus is my TV UI hasn’t changed despite changing and upgrading TV brands.
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#3I think there are other options for commercial TV displays you see in stores as well. If memory serves, Jeff Geerling did a YouTube video on this.
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#4The approach I’ve taken is to just keep my TV off the internet (never join a WiFi network) and make it smart via an Apple TV, which I personally believe to have the strongest privacy protection of any smart TV device. Another bonus is my TV UI hasn’t changed despite changing and upgrading TV brands.
Hasn't some models (thinking Samsung) been shown to connect to any WiFi network they can?
edit: Appears to be an urban legend, with not much substance to back it up!
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#5The Spectre brand sold by Walmart has quite a few 4K dumb TV’s . I bought one a few years ago and connected my Apple TV and works fine.
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#6Article does not give a single not-smart-tv option.
The journalism quality is outstanding.
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#7This is discussed quite often on HN, e.g. lots of comments here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31706835
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#8If only a small size (up to 32ish inches) needed 4k monitor would probably surfice
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#9The approach I’ve taken is to just keep my TV off the internet (never join a WiFi network) and make it smart via an Apple TV, which I personally believe to have the strongest privacy protection of any smart TV device. Another bonus is my TV UI hasn’t changed despite changing and upgrading TV brands.
Yes, this. I bought an LG OLED C2 recently, plugged in an Apple TV, have not connected the TV itself to the internet. Works absolutely fine; bonus is that the apparently annoying voice control option is disabled. You don't need firmware updates unless there's a specific bug that you need fixed, and you can update by USB stick if you do need a fix.
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#10Article does not give a single not-smart-tv option. The journalism quality is outstanding .
Because they claim the not-smart versions aren't worth it. They suggest alternative solutions, some of which commenters here have already echoed. Why the cynicism?