Re:Ask Wirecutter: Can You Recommend a Not-Smart TV for Me?
by bee_rider on Friday April 07, 2023 @05:36PM
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I have an unfortunately smart TV, which of I’ve never connected to the network. In general
* it is effectively dumb to me, so I don’t care about feature updates
* it isn’t connected to the network, so I don’t care about security updates
It hadn't occurred to me that there could be TVs out there that are so “smart” that they can’t even take an input without a network connection. Such a device would be returned as defective by me, but of course I can see somebody deciding that packing it all up into the car is too much of a pain.
Re:Ask Wirecutter: Can You Recommend a Not-Smart TV for Me?
by TheHappyOddish on Saturday April 08, 2023 @08:36PM
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A squid proxy is a much easier solution, whitelist only.
Video codec upgrades and software processing are nice things to have and often worth the update.
I'll add that "back in my day" a screen could display the video signal on its inputs without ever needing a software update. But I suppose automatic time zone changes are a reasonable reason that code needs to be pushed post-manufacture. Then again, who needs a clock on their TV?