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Which TV has a (mostly) ad-free OS and works with a few regular apps? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 2 months ago by waka@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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My old Android TV is almost 10 years old and despite ADB modding it shows its age. So I took a look around and quickly found out how bad things have gotten in the Smart TV space.

Dumb TVs are out of the question because of their high prices - they're for commercial use after all.

What I want is a nice big TV (around 65" to 75") with a real colorful, sharp display and an OS that does not annoy me with ads (I despise ads) and recommendations while still fulfilling my needs, which are

Crunchyroll
Prime
Ad-free Youtube client like smarttubenext
HDMI for console gaming
Absolutely no stuttering and frame rate issues when playing videos in apps
Preferably no stuttering menus
Reasonably priced

Anything else is completely uninteresting to me.

And yes, I know about the nvidia shield, but that thing is 5 years old and I don't want to ride an already old horse that might be replaced very soon due to its age (even though there's currently no signs of that on the horizon). I also don't like using more than one remote...

I have no issue with modding it as long as that's reasonably possible - just to get rid of most bloatware, annoyances, ads and such.

Any ideas?

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You could get a "smart tv" but use it as a dumb tv, no internet, no wifi, just have it hooked up to a single input.. Then that input could be whatever you want.

For myself I just cast my livingroom laptop screen; no limitations on what i can watch; I suppose if you wanted something dedicated you could setup a micro computer with a wireless keyboard/mouse combo

[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I kept my TV offline and plugged in an Nvidia Shield I debloated (really you just need to replace the launcher). You can do the same with any Android/Google TV device.

And if OP is gainst using multiple remotes, you can actually setup modern TV devices to use a single remote. I forget what the protocol is called.

[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

CEC. Typically works well. Sometimes buggy.

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

I did exactly the same but didn't even have to go through any hustle setting up the launcher. I installed PROJECTIVY launcher and it set everything itself basically.