lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoIs it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing?message-squaremessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up1310arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1304arrow-down1message-squareIs it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing?lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agomessage-square133fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTrueStoryBob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·2 days agoIt is still possible to buy “dumb” TV’s. Tons of businesses need them for display purposes (like at fast food restaurants and corporate expos, etc, etc), but you need to search for commercial displays. Like this one.
minus-squareTakeshidude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoBless you for providing a link; I can’t tell you howany times I’ve seen this advice without any link or instructions on how to locate these
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-217 hours agoDay 1,826 of telling people they can buy a smart TV and just not connect it to the internet You don’t need to spend $700 on a TV that doesn’t connect to the internet
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 hours agoWait until you learn tvs can piggy back off other tvs that are connected to the internet.
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-28 hours agoCitation sorely needed That’s not a citation silly, that’s a downvote. Don’t get mad at me because there aren’t actually any TVs doing this
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoI didnt downvote you. https://web.archive.org/web/20210601000527/https://www.reddit.com/r/security/comments/bpjky4/worried_about_your_smart_tv_listening_in_simply/ I cant find definitive proof. But it hardly would suprise me with the shady shit samsung does.
It is still possible to buy “dumb” TV’s. Tons of businesses need them for display purposes (like at fast food restaurants and corporate expos, etc, etc), but you need to search for commercial displays. Like this one.
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Bless you for providing a link; I can’t tell you howany times I’ve seen this advice without any link or instructions on how to locate these
Day 1,826 of telling people they can buy a smart TV and just not connect it to the internet
You don’t need to spend $700 on a TV that doesn’t connect to the internet
Wait until you learn tvs can piggy back off other tvs that are connected to the internet.
Citation sorely needed
That’s not a citation silly, that’s a downvote. Don’t get mad at me because there aren’t actually any TVs doing this
I didnt downvote you.
https://web.archive.org/web/20210601000527/https://www.reddit.com/r/security/comments/bpjky4/worried_about_your_smart_tv_listening_in_simply/
I cant find definitive proof. But it hardly would suprise me with the shady shit samsung does.