Recommendations for dumb tech? (lemmy.world)

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Tired of my tvs no longer updating to the latest software, tired of my phone no longer connecting to my car, tired of my few years old tech being considered legacy and no longer supported. Can anyone suggest non-android, non-apple, non-AI, non-connected, non-smart 'dumb' tech you've bought that makes a difference in your life? Should be hardy enough to last maybe 20 years (my even older plasma tv is still going on strong with a beautiful tv and forward firing speakers, while my newer Samsung lcd stopped receiving updates) and just do it's job. I can live without mu ai enabled washer telling me how to wash my clothes.

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[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago

I only use computer monitors for TVs.

That's my big one.

I don't want to wait anything, I don't want specialized menus, I don't want suggestions of any kind on my display, I simply want a larger display.

I can see no reason for getting a smart TV versus a monitor and an HDMI cable.

[-] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Just curious, but are the monitors more expensive? And do you mount them or have them sit in something?

I just feel like a 32" monitor would be a lot more expensive than a 32" tv, dumb or smart.

[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

I did get dumb TVs also, but everything was free.

There are tons of free dumb TVs and monitors being given away online.

i guess people don't want to go to the trouble of driving to recycling centers.

I similarly look for a table, desk or cabinet being given away for free online, and plop the monitor on that.

at one point, I had one monitor in the bedroom, one monitor in the living room and two monitors hooked up in a game room, all free.

3 hooked up to used office laptops that were $30 or less for streaming and old emulated games, and the living room TV hooked up to my main computer for streaming/modern games.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

I wish people would just give away good stuff like that where I live

[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

The suburbs of cities are where I always go. nobody in the city likes to drive for 30 minutes to a neighborhood theyre unfamiliar with, and everyone coming from outside is just trying to get into the city, so there's always good stuff around the rim.

I will say I got lucky one time jogging and I turned back on the final block before my house and there was a pretty big flat screen just sitting on the sidewalk with a sign taped to it that said free.

so i picked that up and hauled it the last block.

lucked out on that one.

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