Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions?

Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by jjoonathan on Monday November 29, 2021 @01:46PM (#29383535)

LG C1. I have to turn it off and on with a remote, take the usual OLED precautions, and tolerate its "smart" nonsense, but the color is gorgeous and the contrast is magical.

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by KptMarchewa on Monday November 29, 2021 @02:32PM (#29384131)

Does autodimming work decently on C1? It's really bothering me when I try to use my CX as a monitor.

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by jjoonathan on Monday November 29, 2021 @02:53PM (#29384382)

Agreed, auto-dimming is rough. I turned it off. 60% constant brightness for work, uncapped HDR mode for play.

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by WithinReason on Monday November 29, 2021 @06:51PM (#29386954)

How do you switch? Can you do it with just the keyboard?

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by jjoonathan on Monday November 29, 2021 @07:38PM (#29387335)

I boot into Windows for gaming and when I launch a full screen game an "AutoHDR" badge pops up and the brightness limit is lifted. A similar thing happens when I launch a streaming app in the TV. I don't consume content through Linux because as far as I can tell linux doesn't support HDR yet.

Speaking of booting into Windows, I finally figured out how to make it painless: use a separate hard drive, not a separate partition. I wish I could go back in time 20 years and tell myself that. The number of hours I wasted debugging poorly written installers, bootloaders, and updaters exceeds the cost of hard drives by a factor too terrifying to calculate. Ah well. Now I know.

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