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Does anyone got any television recommendations for dumb tv's or other words none smart tv's? Or even a tv that is smart but the software is open sourced making it privacy friendly?

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[-] maxprime@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I heard that Roku TVs (not the sticks) disable HDMI until you have connected to the internet and registered an account. I also heard that their TVs are way chattier and force more ads than their stick.

Ironic because the one device I would want to connect to its HDMI is a Roku stick.

[-] a_baby_duck@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Not saying you're wrong, but I never had to create an account on my TCL TV running the Roku TV software. You can even choose an input to start up to, so I never even see the home screen ads.

Wouldn't surprise me if it varies by model, but I've had no issues just having mine start up to a Fire Stick connected to my home Plex server (though Fire Stick comes with its own problems).

[-] Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have several roku tvs in my house and I've never heard that, and I've never had to setup any type of account...

[-] maxprime@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sources for what? The article is about ads, ads appearing in live broadcasts, and disabling them in the tvs settings. Op is taking about how he HeArD you have to setup an account or certain hardware like hdmi ports are disabled

What am I missing?

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