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winter
@madoka.systems

i really wish that you could not own a smart tv in today's world, but the only way you can do this is by getting a tv that's designed for commercial services and 24/7 operation with a shit picture...

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winter
@madoka.systems

or not connecting it to the internet at all but i really don't like that the tv still takes forever to do trivial things such as switching inputs and such, also many many people still connect their tv to the internet because they use youtube on it or something death to closed source IoT

winter
@madoka.systems

i kinda wish i could just replace the whole compute unit inside the tv so all it can do is be a normal tv, then i get to bypass all of the OS initialization stuff that's needed and i only need to worry about initializing the display... those commercial displays let you do this

Olaren
@olaren.dev

I managed to buy an lg tv from like 2013 and i love it. it has a 55 inch ips panel and actually good speakers because they weren't obsessed with making the tv as thin as paper back then. only downside is that it's 1080p instead of 4k, but i don't see the difference personally. also it is "smart" but

Olaren
@olaren.dev

you can completely ignore this function and use it like a normal tv. I would never dare put this fossil online though lol. I just have an old laptop plugged into it for jellyfin or youtube, but it could also be a google tv/roku/apple tv/fire tv thing