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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Every TV is a dumb TV when they’re not connected to the internet, no?
Some TV’s connect automatically to open networks to upload data
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.
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.
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.
…bed a separate TV tuner and speakers…
Do I bed them immediately, or should I buy them dinner first?
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
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)
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.
This (https://amzn.to/3Ei1ZJy) is probably the best “dumb” display I’m aware of. Kind of a dying species since consumers generally buy smart displays and tvs/etc rely heavily on the subsidization they get from both data collection and economies of scale.
Can confirm
Sceptre 65" Class 4K UHD LED TV HDR U650CV-Uis a solid dumb TVHave owned this for 15 months and am very pleased with it as a screen. Do strongly recommend using a soundbar or other solution for audio.
I did get this from walmart for $432 (about $200 cheaper than amazon link) https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sceptre-65-Class-4K-UHD-LED-TV-HDR-U650CV-U/48874705
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.
So easy!
