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I do wonder why people buy smart TVs instead of getting regular displays together with a Linux PC.
I feel like it’s becoming increasingly harder and harder to find TVs without smart crap built in.
Because it's virtually impossible to buy a non-smart TV these days.
When you find a 70" QD-OLED panel without SmArT electronics attached, let me know.
I've been half assed looking for a new tv for like 5 years now, I haven't seen a larger TV for sale that want smart in that time.
https://www.lg.com/us/business/digital-signage/lg-65ep5g
Or for something cheaper:
https://www.sharpnecdisplays.us/products/displays/m651-2
How much more would you pay for this kind of tv?
Could be a good business
I wonder whether buying "smart" TVs, flashing "dumb" firmware onto them, and selling them at a slight markup would be a viable business model. I guess you'd be at high risk of being sued, even if it's entirely legal.
It's 5" smaller but:
https://www.lg.com/us/business/digital-signage/lg-65ep5g
I think I saw a 98" one tho too if you want bigger.
Samsung might have some options as well
Okay, that's kinda awesome. I assume it's the same panel that's in the LG G4.
I believe it is.
Maybe if I sell Orange Pis with something like Plasma Bigscreen on them set up and ready to go I'll make a website that also lists privacy friendly hardware alternatives with links, like these "dumb" TVs. Getting some ideas from these posts.
I went to buy a new TV and they were all smart tvs. I just never gave it my network info so it can't connect to the internet and ive never had issues.
Regular displays of TV size are usually harder to find and more expensive than the smartcrap.
Different job. TV has less pixel density and is bigger, because you usually sit farther away.
Say I do that.
Streaming can be done through the browser. Which frontend would I use to access the regular TV channels?
Sorry, streaming from a browser on a Linux PC is limited to 540x860 due to an inability to establish an HDCP chain. Have you tried using the TV's native Netflix app instead?
Oops my hand slipped and I accidentally torrented all my favorite shows!
Ohhh no! The horror!
This is what piracy is for.
There is non-smart TVs with a Netflix app installed?
I was reinforcing your point about using a monitor and a Linux PC not being able to replace all the things a smart TV can do. You said streaming would work, but regular TV channels wouldn't, and I pointed out that even streaming would be limited as the major streaming services don't allow full quality via a browser, especially on Linux where HDCP can't work.
In france there's an ISP,Free, that just gives you a .m3u playlist that you can use whenever you want. Maybe there such an ISP where you live..?
Because I like to take advantage of subsidized pricing and I have yet to encounter a brand that's been able to break through my pfSense box's adblocking coupled with bimonthly reviews of traffic logs from suspect devices