Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions?
by persedes on Monday November 29, 2021 @06:19PM
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Has Vizios software gotten any better? I had a 2019 model and the software (had mine offline/neutered too) was too shitty to even use it as a dumb TV. For example it would randomly reboot while we were watching something via the HDMI input or it almost always took multiple restarts to properly recognize the Vizio sound bar...
Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions?
by ArchOversight on Monday November 29, 2021 @06:33PM
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I got the new TV three days ago... I'll let you know once I've spent more time with it?
As of right now I have an Apple TV hooked up with my Vizio sounder and it all works really well. Have had no issues.
You can bypass the acceptance of the privacy policy entirely and it just disables all the smart features (can't use any of the apps or cast to it with Airplay or Google Cast), but will still download firmware updates and install them.
From the network capture I did on it, if you don't accept the policies it only reaches out to the update servers for the firmware, and that's it. Nothing else.