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Short of specialty items you have already eliminated as more than you want to pay, the simple solution to the software, privacy, whatever issues of "Smart TVs" is to make sure that the thing has so...
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#1: Initial revision
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Spamalot
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2024-05-11T05:02:03Z (5 months ago)
Short of specialty items you have already eliminated as more than you want to pay, the simple solution to the software, privacy, whatever issues of "Smart TVs" is to make sure that the thing has some sort of standard video input, and use that, not the built-in malware. If you happen to get over the air channels in your location, you can use the tuner for those without issue, on any of the various "smart' TVs I've dealt with. As for anything to do with a network connection, that gets done by a computer which treats the "smart" TV like a large display. The TV's remote is for selecting which video input you are using and the volume (and channel if you actually get OTA channels.) The TV doesn't get to talk to the WiFi, it doesn't get an Ethernet Cable, it has to play dumb. Another alternative is a projector and a white screen for it to project onto.