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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by Tor3 on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @05:30AM (#29991941)
> TV: just don't buy an actual TV. Buy a monitor and hook it up to a Linux box with something like Kodi.

I simply bought a non-smart TV. I just made sure it had a number of HDMI ports. I plug my various media sources into the HDMI ports.

A "smart" TV must be the most un-smart TV possible - you're stuck with whatever's there. The "smart" part (say, a Pi or a Chromecast or both) must be detached from the display device (the TV), not a part of it.

"smart" TVs remind me of back when I bought a webcam with integrated Skype, for my old parents. It did make it easy for them to skype with their grandchildren, using the TV. But of course Skype, or MS at the time, plugged the pull on the version of Skype used by the webcam and then it became a brick. Never again.

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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by baq on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @05:55AM (#29992137)
the problem is, non-smart-TVs are twice as expensive. you can buy a smart tv and never connect it to the internet, though.
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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by Tor3 on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @07:53AM (#29992956)
That may be changing, but when I bought my 49" non-smart TV a few years back it was quite a bit cheaper than the same-size smart TVs. It wasn't that long ago, but a quick check at the same shop shows only "smart" (read: stupid) TVs. Unfortunately. As the price for the non-smart TV I bought was lower than the equivalent "smart" version I believe we'll be paying for a feature we don't need.
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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by baq on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:12AM (#29995550)
you're looking for 'digital signage displays' (expensive) or a 'video monitor' (seriously expensive for anything tv-sized, if it exists at all).
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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by kroltan on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @08:11AM (#29993140)
Smart TVs are equally expensive, you just pay with your sanity and data instead of bucks.
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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by int_19h on Thursday January 20, 2022 @03:34PM (#30014477)
Not if you only use them as a dumb terminal.
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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by kroltan on Thursday January 20, 2022 @08:23PM (#30017958)
Just make sure to buy one that doesn't "helpfully" connect to nearby passwordless Wi-Fi networks.
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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by skummetmaelk on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @07:23AM (#29992720)
5G modems in every TV are just around the corner.
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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by Tor3 on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @08:00AM (#29993015)
Argh, a typo there.. read "pulled the plug" (too late to edit post)
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