Re:Ask Wirecutter: Can You Recommend a Not-Smart TV for Me?
by sn0wf1re on Saturday April 08, 2023 @07:25PM
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Eh, menu for basic colour calibration would be nice, doesn't need CEC for that though. I do agree with throwing out the speakers, many people have at least a sound bar and those that don't are unlikely to want this product (That market wants all in ones). I also agree with the tuner, there would be no DVR, signal filtering, etc on the TV but those may be desirable and would therefore require an external tuner anyways.
Re:Ask Wirecutter: Can You Recommend a Not-Smart TV for Me?
by zamnos on Sunday April 09, 2023 @02:41AM
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Interesting! Personally i don't want it if it doesn't have CEC. I want to be able to control it via something I'm SSH'd into.
Re:Ask Wirecutter: Can You Recommend a Not-Smart TV for Me?
by XorNot on Sunday April 09, 2023 @09:13AM
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Agree on exactly 1 HDMI input honestly. It's much easier to have the rest of my system mux HDMI (because you either have a receiver, or just a simple switcher, or exactly 1 device anyway).
Down-facing connections are a must.
I also don't want anything except a power button -- no channel, volume, menu, etc. I don't want crappy TV speakers and I'd really rather not have an OSD. I would love a display where I could fire up some software on my computer and have it issue commands over HDMI CEC to change settings. There are USB CEC adapters out there that would make this possible if computer HDMI ports won't emit CEC commands for whatever reason.
Ideally, strip the display down to the simplest possible thing and focus on the core features: big display, small bezel, high resolution, HDR, color accuracy (configurable through the aforementioned CEC mechanism). I don't even need multiple inputs: just give me one working HDMI input.