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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[–] RoboRay@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You are unlikely to find a new non-smart TV... the TV manufacturers get kickbacks from the streaming services for bundling their apps.

If you did find one, it would be more expensive than the dumb TV because you don't have a bunch of streaming services subsidizing the price of the TV for you.

A computer monitor may work for you, or just buy a smart TV and never connect it to a network. You should be able to set it to automatically start up on the last-used input so you never see the built-in UI.

[–] zoe@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago

we need to open source tvs, just outsource 4k panels from lg or somewhere else

[–] orb360@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With sidewalk, weave, and other networks similar popping up, how long until TVs send telemetry through your neighbors Ring doorbell, whether you hook them up to the Internet or not? Or does this happen already?

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Snip snip. No antenna, no network.