My neither of my smart tv’s has never been given the WiFi password. After a week or so they quit asking and defaulted back to being of with on/off, volume change, input source change as the only actions it’s ever asked to do
My engineer had me buy 43" TVs instead of monitors for the lab. I bought Samsungs and they’re just annoying. With only one thing plugged into them and no internet connection at all, they still require you to select “PC” to see anything.
I mean, yeah, they were less than half the price of 43" Dells, but still.
What’s even more fun is I’m 1300 miles from the office working on a site. I forgot to ship the remote. So every day I plug in the laptop, rouse it from sleep, and then have a fun little adventure getting the TV to act as a second monitor using the single hidden little button under the logo.
This TV definitely qualifies for /c/assholedesign.
Simply don’t let your TV onto the network. If you must have streaming services, I use an Nvidia Shield. It’s DLSS capabilities are a good loophole for not paying extra for 4k on streaming services.
Yo, the Shield has that video DLSS they do? I have an older smart TV and the backlights are starting to dim in some zones; might be time to buy a Shield so I don’t have to worry about networking my next TV…
It does indeed and it works a treat. It’s otherwise standard Android TV, which unfortunately does ads in the default launcher, but I swapped the launcher to ATV a long time ago.
Well, DLSS is slightly misleading. The 2019 version of the shield comes with video quality upscaling for 30/60 fps content. It doesnt touch framerates on games or anything. (However it can upscale streamed games)
Any one of ‘em in the “Commercial Monitors” section of your preferred electronics vendor. I have a Samsung BE43T-H from B&H. Has smart features but I never gave it my wifi password or connected it to an Ethernet jack (I was amused when I saw it had one), and it has never once nagged me. Have had a Chromecast, Apple TV, U-Verse box, and PC connected to it without issue. HDR works. External soundbar works. I don’t have to worry about the interface slowing down or shoving ads in my face, it displays the content I ask it to and that’s it.
Literally no brand. A monitor plugged into a computer running whatever you want like Plex. DRM generally won’t work so… get over streaming services. An Apple TV is kinda OK but they advertise themselves.
Or simply a smart TV with no internet. Like the real obvious answer without overengineering it. You’re too narrow minded. Hell, even with Internet if you wanna get into overengineering, it’s simple enough to block on your own network. Many TVs have image processing which can make crappy look good and can even make a cheap computer setup look better if you can’t afford the graphics cards.
Honestly, it’s like you found one answer and just assumed it’s the only one. No one is saying your solution doesn’t work for some people. Just that it wasn’t what the person asked.
What brand of TV to you recommend that still sticks to the ‘old ways’?
My neither of my smart tv’s has never been given the WiFi password. After a week or so they quit asking and defaulted back to being of with on/off, volume change, input source change as the only actions it’s ever asked to do
My engineer had me buy 43" TVs instead of monitors for the lab. I bought Samsungs and they’re just annoying. With only one thing plugged into them and no internet connection at all, they still require you to select “PC” to see anything.
I mean, yeah, they were less than half the price of 43" Dells, but still.
Are they using VGA? I use a Samsung TV for a monitor and don’t have to do this, but I’m using HDMI.
Nope, HDMI.
What’s even more fun is I’m 1300 miles from the office working on a site. I forgot to ship the remote. So every day I plug in the laptop, rouse it from sleep, and then have a fun little adventure getting the TV to act as a second monitor using the single hidden little button under the logo.
This TV definitely qualifies for /c/assholedesign.
I’d have returned those TV’s and bought different ones. The only thing those basterds understand is lost revenue.
Simply don’t let your TV onto the network. If you must have streaming services, I use an Nvidia Shield. It’s DLSS capabilities are a good loophole for not paying extra for 4k on streaming services.
Yo, the Shield has that video DLSS they do? I have an older smart TV and the backlights are starting to dim in some zones; might be time to buy a Shield so I don’t have to worry about networking my next TV…
It does indeed and it works a treat. It’s otherwise standard Android TV, which unfortunately does ads in the default launcher, but I swapped the launcher to ATV a long time ago.
Well, DLSS is slightly misleading. The 2019 version of the shield comes with video quality upscaling for 30/60 fps content. It doesnt touch framerates on games or anything. (However it can upscale streamed games)
Any one of ‘em in the “Commercial Monitors” section of your preferred electronics vendor. I have a Samsung BE43T-H from B&H. Has smart features but I never gave it my wifi password or connected it to an Ethernet jack (I was amused when I saw it had one), and it has never once nagged me. Have had a Chromecast, Apple TV, U-Verse box, and PC connected to it without issue. HDR works. External soundbar works. I don’t have to worry about the interface slowing down or shoving ads in my face, it displays the content I ask it to and that’s it.
Literally no brand. A monitor plugged into a computer running whatever you want like Plex. DRM generally won’t work so… get over streaming services. An Apple TV is kinda OK but they advertise themselves.
we must destroy DRM
I mean, this is an answer to an entirely different question. It doesn’t answer their question at all.
It very well could be a good answer to some question, but not this one.
And to answer their question, any TV is generally ok as long as you don’t connect it to the internet.
And come on, a monitor? Some of us like large screens. Sometimes your solution isn’t the best for someone else.
You can buy a non-tv of any size. They are often called commercial displays but it’s just a big monitor (dumb firmware).
If you want no ads it means your own software. That is a truthful answer.
Or simply a smart TV with no internet. Like the real obvious answer without overengineering it. You’re too narrow minded. Hell, even with Internet if you wanna get into overengineering, it’s simple enough to block on your own network. Many TVs have image processing which can make crappy look good and can even make a cheap computer setup look better if you can’t afford the graphics cards.
Honestly, it’s like you found one answer and just assumed it’s the only one. No one is saying your solution doesn’t work for some people. Just that it wasn’t what the person asked.
I think you read too much into my response. Buying a display without a smart tv platform is a simple option. Of course it has different results.
Depends how big you want. They sell 43" computer monitors now that are just LG (or Samsung?) TVs without the bloat.
Probably a lot more expensive too. I have an LG TV larger than that and simply use it as a monitor.
A Smart TV without an Internet connection is just a monitor.
You can get a 50" monitor for under a thousand from some brands. I doubt that’s very possible for the largest monitors.
The monitor version is cheaper by quite a lot!
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