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Looking for a 4k tv without smart functions (feddit.de)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey do anybody know where you get a tv that supports 4k and does not have that locked up smarttv shit?

If there are none, does anybody know a tv that boots fast(less than 30 seconds) and displays an hdmi input by default without the need to choose the input from a menu.

Thanks in advance.

And sorry if I am in the wrong place.

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

You aren’t paying for the smartness. You are actually getting a subsidized TV that should cost a whole lot more but is being sold for cheap since it is also a data collection device.

Non smart TVs are more expensive than their smart counterparts.

The only answer is to never give your smart tv access to your network and to use an external device for streaming.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

This is exactly what I do, my TV never connects to my network.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You’re right. What you really need is a tv that reacts less bad to being online. It’s a shame Logitech killed the Harmony because dumbing down your tv successfully generally requires a universal remote.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As a long time Harmony user, expert, and former employee .... The Sofabaton remotes are the closest substitute I've found. Easy to configure and use. Just no "activities" like a Harmony. But at least you can set it to control the volume on X device when you have it in the mode to control Y device.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Activities are the killer app of Harmony. How do you set it to switch inputs on the various devices?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It has a physical scroll wheel to switch between devices. The on each device mode you can customize the buttons.

I use configure one of the buttons to be a hot key to set the TVs input for the device I have selected.

Again, it's not as automated as an activity, but it eliminates switching around to different devices and finding inputs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

In our case we have some devices connected to a receiver (Apple TV) and others to TV (game systems). We use ARC for audio for those devices. I suppose it’s easier if everything is connected to TV for that purpose.