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Non smart TVs available to buy in the uk (feddit.uk)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi, does anyone own a non smart tv which is 4k and around 48"? I'm currently own a Samsung TV but to use any of the apple TV or game consoles you have to go through their painfully unresponsive smart menus and its driving me up the wall. ive looked online but it's hard to avoid smart TVs, they seem to be everywhere and a lot of options I came across are US only. the budget is upto £400, thanks in advance

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Go the other way. Get the one you want, but all content comes from an external media player, the TV never gets directly connected to a network.

I use a nvidia shield but an apple TV can be locked down as well. Stay away from roku and cheap Chinese boxes. More info

My approach is to muddle the waters as much as possible, using different providers and throwing in a pi hole to the network to block DNS requests.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

This is the way to do it. Consumer TVs are subsidized by the data harvesting they do, the equivalent commercial models are much more expensive

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, also check if CEC is enabled. I control the whole Tv via the shield remote, it switches input automatically.

Samsung calls the feature anynet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Definitely this. Though annoyingly, the one CEC command I have issues with is turning the Shield off doesnt always turn the TV off too. Only works about half the time. Thankfully, the TV turns off by itself after 2 mins with no signal, but still a bit annoying