You know something has gone wrong when you’re willing to pay premium price for a tv that doesn’t have a bunch of pre-installed garbage that steals your data.
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Truths! I couldn’t believe it nearly impossible to get just a plain old TV screen.
It's easier if you stop looking for a TV and instead get a display. I like NEC. They are designed to run in retail but they work great in place of a TV.
Interesting. How do you stream stuff to them? Do they have an OS?
I saw at least on display running Android. But I didn’t check all of them.
Running Android puts you back with the same problems. Software updates and data collection out of your control. I prefer a display with the only software being for basic display settings (color, brightness, etc). It's really just a massive computer monitor for retail displays. But it looks and functions just like a "dumb" TV.
I use a mini PC running Fedor. Specifically, this one
No, they don't have an OS in the sense that smart TVs do. They just have the basic software any display has for controlling brightness, color, etc. It's just a good old fashioned dumb TV when you use it like I do. It's incredible how that's a lost concept now. A sign of aging I suspose. Unfortunately, remembering freedom and respect seems to be one of the signs of aging now. Even our TVs abuse us.
I am in the process of getting a new TV. What are you buying that has less data tracking?
I’m not buying anything atm
absolutely true
This is the reason I bought an NEC retail display. No bullshit.
Now we just need to get you on Fedora and CalyxOS.
Might take a couple centuries, but I'm here for it.
For anyone curious, this is the display. I got an older model on Newegg at a huge discount.
These things seem expensive, but they are built to be on for 16/7/365. They aren't made to be consumer TVs, but that's the price you have to pay for freedom now.
But getting a model behind massively offset the price. I paid about $600 instead of about $2200 (I think is the usual price.)
