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cross-posted from: https://monero.town/post/431688

Does anyone got any television recommendations for dumb tv's or other words none smart tv's? Or even a tv that is smart but the software is open sourced making it privacy friendly?

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[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every TV is a dumb TV when they’re not connected to the internet, no?

[–] gonzoknowsdotcom1@monero.town 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Some TV's connect automatically to open networks to upload data

[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd like to see a source on that claim.

Regardless, another option is to hook it up to a dummy wifi network that doesn't connect to anything and then hook up whatever to an input.

[–] randombullet@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm going to need a source on that so I can avoid those kinds of TVs.

[–] SOB_Van_Owen@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

If you are in the U.S. and have a Habitat for Humanity ReStore nearby, there are often lots of "dumb" flat screens to be had for a song. If you don't mind a slightly older bit of hardware.

[–] guazzabuglio@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I have an LG and it functions just fine without being connected to Wi-Fi. You can also monitor and block any attempts to phone home at the DNS level with something like pihole.

[–] gonzoknowsdotcom1@monero.town 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

where this tv is going, the individual doesn't have network control

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can get a commercial display, but you'll bed a separate TV tuner and speakers to make it the same function as a TV since it's just a dumb display.

[–] swordsmanluke@programming.dev 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

...bed a separate TV tuner and speakers...

Do I bed them immediately, or should I buy them dinner first?

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

That was supposed to be "need" but autocorrect apparently had something to say about it. I won't edit it because it's funny and then your comment won't make sense

[–] PositiveNoise@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Dinner or drinks first, or it's likely to not work out. But I wouldn't care about a TV tuner, so you can safely cut dinner (but leave in at least a drink or two...I mean come on)

[–] brcl@artemis.camp 4 points 1 year ago

I think this is up to each individual tuner and speaker. I don’t want to speak for all of them.

[–] tarius@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Mikelius@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What I did was just buy the tv I wanted for the hardware and block it from internet access by Mac address, then plugged it into the network with eth. I then put dns blocks on every request it made (I log things before blocking them, and did this on the scenario a kill switch gets messed up or something) and installed the media software from there. Smart tv made private.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago
[–] Xianshi@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

If it doesn't have to be a TV but just a screen a monitor may be an option. Otherwise I'd look at eBay or something like that where people are selling old ones.

[–] BlovedMadman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I use a PI4 running Libreelec I use it exclusively for Plex (which has IPTV with the help of Xteve)