It finally happened. My ‘dumb’ TV died for good. Looking for recommendations on a new TV. I’ll be hooking it up to a media PC anyway, but I still want a TV with a good panel and absolutely no microphones, cameras, or baked in ads (Looking at you roku). If anyone knows any good ‘dumb’ TV’s too, I’d be very interested in looking at those.
In preparation for this happening to me I’ve been looking at commercial displays, which are infuriatingly more money unfortunately
Most projectors are dumb, and HD ones aren’t too expensive anymore.
Can you give some examples of them? I remember projectors from when I was a kid but have they changed that much?
I’ve had good luck with optoma projectors.
Thank you!!
I tend to go with Panasonic because they make excellent panels. Mine doesnt have ads anywhere in the UI & doesnt have a camera or mic. Our set was originally released in 2021 & still looks great. The menus aren’t great but once its set up we never use them, its turned on/off & thats it. Never connect it to the net. Ours is connected to HTPC & amp
An alternative would be to get a monitor & connect USB TV tuner to your media PC/HTPC
I’m interested to follow the comments here. TVs are not a one size fits all product and very tough to choose between at times, even without privacy in mind.
My gut is that the choice will be panel based, with the option to turn microphones off.
I’ve been looking at the LG C3 and would not connect internet and then turn the mic off. If there’s better options I’d love to hear them.
Buy a “smart” TV and don’t connect it to the internet.
Don’t use the remote it comes with that has a microphone; used HDMI-CEC or a universal.
Pick up an old Samsung TV, they are dumb and mine work great still
Just don’t buy a new tizen os tv
