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Re:Ask HN: Is there a TV on the market without “Smart TV” fe... by teirce on Saturday June 11, 2022 @04:49PM (#31708239)
What a nit.

> AppleTV or similar

Pick your poison. Doesn't have to be Apple TV, you could use anything from a Roku to a kodi stick to plugging a computer into the TV and playing things locally. What you're criticizing isn't the point.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a TV on the market without “Smart TV” fe... by Koshkin on Saturday June 11, 2022 @05:09PM (#31708436)
I guess, the point here is, why disable the smart features in your TV only to plug another, just as “smart”, device (i.e. one that watches you) in it?
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Re:Ask HN: Is there a TV on the market without “Smart TV” fe... by taejavu on Saturday June 11, 2022 @05:59PM (#31708863)
…because it has less/no ads, and without some smarts somewhere I can’t watch Netflix?
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Re:Ask HN: Is there a TV on the market without “Smart TV” fe... by jitl on Sunday June 12, 2022 @07:53AM (#31713814)
Feel free to substitute a computer running GNU/Linux as the “smarts” here. This can be quite ergonomic with a wireless trackpad-keyboard combo. I’m quite happy with an Apple TV running Emby though.
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