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How do I free my television?

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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 33 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Get a dumb TV and plug in a cheap computer where you can pirate everything

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm not sure they exist, but either way, just plug something in and don't connect the TV itself to the internet.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Sceptre has some dumb TVs. You can also still get the display TVs that companies use. I'm drunk so I forget what they're called.

[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 4 points 6 days ago

Cathode ray dude recently did a video on them
https://youtu.be/q9a3dCd1SQI

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh that's a point, probably not cheap though, maybe not good for home cinema? Not heard of Sceptre, will check out. I'm happy just not connecting my TV mind you.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Sceptre is cheapo stuff. And at least one brand of smart TV is wardriving to find networks behind your back (again, drunk, I can't remember which right now) and creating mesh networks with other TVs of the same type.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

That is a pretty horrific thing. Policy is so far behind if that is allowed.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I must say, your typing is flawless for a drunk person.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Learned skill. I spend a lot of time drunk and Android tends to do a pretty good job of guessing what I'm swiping.

I also tend to reread what I wrote when I'm drunk. I actually generally do a worse job sober because I won't double check my work.

And it was signage displays for the dumb TVs I was thinking of, and Sharp TVs used to have unsecured wireless networks that you couldn't really turn off, so they'd make a mesh with other smart TVs. I believe I've heard the same thing about Samsung as well.

Now it's time to go jog myself sick.

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

They simply don't exist anymore. The only choice is to do this with a smart TV and never connect it to the internet.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 4 days ago

If the room is small enough room with the seating closet enough to the screen, a large computer monitor could do the job pretty well. You'd have to be fine with doing all input switching and audio control on a receiver or only ever use a single device as the input.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 4 days ago

That's not true. I forget what the term is, but corporate displays are dead simple, no ads or bullshit. Think of something sold to a deli to display menu items. But be prepared: consumer TVs are so cheap partly because of the expected ad revenue, these will be more expensive. I'm about to buy my first TV upgrade in over a decade and I'm just going to never connect it to Wi-Fi. I might even disable the wireless adapter, we'll see...

[–] algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 days ago

If it has an HDMI port, it can be a dumb TV. Just don't connect it to wifi, easy