Just had my old dumb LG TV die after 9 years of working just dandy. I lack the desire to root around for a dead capacitor so I am currently in the market for an approximate replacement to act as the display for my Linux media center in my living room. I figure this is the right crowd for finding a non-invasive TV so my Linux machine can be the brains. I trust modern Tvs less and less.

Desired features

55"
Non terrible audio
As dumb of hardware/software as reasonably achievable
  • PanaX@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    IF you have the space, go for a projector. I got a nice short throw 1080 Benq with a decent 120 inch screen. And wow, it’s incredible. It’s amazing for shows, movies, and games. I paid 800 total for everything. There’s everything from 200 dollar to 5k dollars, depending on what quality you want.

  • Ratz@chatsubo.hiteklolife.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Buy a nice TV

    Give it a static IP

    Firewall it off from the internet

    Voila!

    Edit: Make sure it cant call UPNP on your router or any such tomfoolery

  • Catsrules@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If you really want a true dumb TV, you should look into the commercial TVs

    Personally I just get any TV and don’t connect it to the internet. I disable any popup interfaces/home menus as much as I can on the TV so I just turn it on and it goes to HDMI1 and that is all the TV’s interface needs to do.
    I also disable alot of the picture altering features as well. My LG TV has some true motion crap that just made everything a little bit off.

    For the most part the handful of TVs I have tried just work.