Ask HN: Is there a TV on the market without “Smart TV” features?

Re:Ask HN: Is there a TV on the market without “Smart TV” fe... by dmitriid on Saturday June 11, 2022 @03:19PM (#31707364)

> Protects your TV performance and functionality from surprise degradation due to "updates"

Instead, it will have its own upgrades which will degrade performance and/or UI.

A recent Android TV update on my Xiaomi Android TV brought ads covering a 1/4 of the screen from services I'm not subscribed to. Had to revert the upgrade and stop it from updating.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a TV on the market without “Smart TV” fe... by molszanski on Saturday June 11, 2022 @06:05PM (#31708908)

No ads on AppleTv. Or I don’t see them. Also used PS4 as a TV. But it wasn’t super convenient without a remote. But overall the TV dongle is the way forward IMO

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a TV on the market without “Smart TV” fe... by metadat on Saturday June 11, 2022 @06:21PM (#31709036)

A new dongle is a lot cheaper and less e-waste than a new TV.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a TV on the market without “Smart TV” fe... by dmitriid on Sunday June 12, 2022 @01:22AM (#31711674)

And a new single will help me with getting rid of the ads how exactly?

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a TV on the market without “Smart TV” fe... by metadat on Sunday June 12, 2022 @02:18PM (#31716857)

Select something like AppleTV or another product that doesn't show you ads..

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