Re:Switch off bad TV settings
by acchow on Monday December 04, 2023 @06:00PM
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It doesn’t become useless junk. You can still use it as a display without any of the smart features. Connect to a Roku or Apple TV (which also automatically turn on when the TV turns on) for smart features.
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Re:Switch off bad TV settings
by tentacleuno on Monday December 04, 2023 @06:09PM
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I've honestly never used the smart features of my TV. It's an old 4K LG (Netcast era), so it's been in service for 6+ years. The "smart" stuff always sucked: riddled with privacy policies, generally quite slow, and could honestly be replicated way better with a media stick / NUC.
A NUC is generally the way to go for smart TV functionality in general, IMO: you get way longer support, and it's much easier to diagnose problems as compared to some locked-down, proprietary, do-it-ourselves OS.