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But if you can afford it, there are 40+" 4k and 8k monitors to which you can plug AppleTV/Chromecast/a small PC with a budget discrete graphics card. Or you can get a conference projector if no monitor on the market meets your size needs.
I’ve kept my Samsung offline since I purchased it in 2019. I’ve kept my LG offline since I purchased it in 2016. As long as you have an AppleTV or similar connected to service your need for “smarts” it won’t be hard to leave the TV offline. (I recommend LG over Samsung - Samsung TV has native undismissable ads from 2019 still)
I did this with my LG TV as well. What ads do you refer to on Samsung though? I dont recall any ads on my Samsung. I have my Samsung hooked up to the internet until I buy a second Apple TV device.
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These products are designed not to rely upon DNS to serve the ad content, though.
If true, this is an excellent chance for white hat flooding. Knock, and keep that ip offline. With no way to change locationation(DNS), their little ad sceme won't work. Even better if it makes companies shy about using such methods.
Very curious definition of “white hat” you have
I have a TCL with Roku that I was able to turn into a dumb display for my AppleTV Turned off networking and did factory reset The biggest annoyance was the Roku “smart” remote needing new batteries every couple of weeks
TCL + Roku TVs (and probably other models?) have one physical button that you can use to turn on and off and change inputs. It's well-hidden, under the center logo.
Yes! I’ve bought many for my old work as we don’t allow smart tvs. I bought the Panasonics and never had any issues. https://na.panasonic.com/us/audio-video-solutions/profession... Im sure there are other companies. Im on my phone so can’t research. Look for “digital displays” instead of tv. Good luck!
I know them as 'digital signage' or 'hospitality tvs' and they do work for their intended use. But they're usually a lot more expensive than their consumer counterparts? My guess is they are either heavily subsidized and/or built to be powered ON 24/7?
Since noise is usually not a factor to be considered, they are also usually built with much bigger temperature profiles in mind than your consumer indoor TV (e.g. by using cooling fans or heating elements) so they can work just as well in -20 °C in the winter or at 80 °C in the summer heat.
Also, some of these offer features that consumer displays do not offer:
- YUV or SDI inputs
- RS232 remote control / status monitoring
- especially in zero-bezel modules: support for grid processing. Basically you have a HDMI/DVI/SDI input and a loop output, and you daisy-chain the whole bunch of displays. Then you tell each of them to slice and upscale just a specific part of the picture.