Re:What is the best dumb TV?
by Nextgrid on Friday October 02, 2020 @07:33PM
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I've heard of Ironcast.TV whose entire selling point is the lack of "smart" features, though I haven't ordered one and I'm not sure if they even shipped any, but on paper it looks nice and reasonably priced: https://displayy.studio/ironcast.tv/
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Re:What is the best dumb TV?
by michaelmior on Friday October 02, 2020 @07:41PM
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I'm not sure what you mean by lack of "smart" features. Everything is controlled via an app. Sounds the opposite.
As in no online features & ads.
They claim the app is open-source and I'm sure it only uses Bluetooth instead of WIFI thus no internet access at all.
In any case, IR remotes are supported and the app is optional.
Re:What is the best dumb TV?
by michaelmior on Saturday October 03, 2020 @04:04PM
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I'm curious what makes you sure that it only uses Bluetooth. I didn't see anything about this on the page.
That's how I would implement it, since Bluetooth is a lot simpler than Wi-Fi (no need to build a UI to manage networks, IP addresses, having a TCP/IP stack, etc) and in this case they don't need the online connection that WI-Fi would provide.
Re:What is the best dumb TV?
by RandallBrown on Friday October 02, 2020 @07:57PM
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Yeah, but it doesn't look like it has built in smart features like Netflix, Hulu, etc.
I don't mind controlling my TVs settings with an app, I just don't want to have to deal with their crappy TV interface.
I thought I looked at it and it had an API.
I don't know... their site has changed a bunch and seems to have tons of tracking links
It looks interesting, but I'm confused at how "removing complexity" involves controlling the TV via an app instead of a remote.
Looks cool, but no price in sight. Doesn't bode well.