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[-] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

All i want for Christmas is a large dumb tv

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

Hard to find, and unnecessary, as long as it has HDMI ports.

I have NEVER hooked up a smart TV to the Internet, and they work just fine with my digital boxes.

Same goes for the Blu-ray player that has Netflix, fuck that noise.

If there's a dumb option that is cheaper, go for it. Just don't think you have to pay a premium for it, when you can just not put the TV on your network.

[-] clgoh@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

I feel that they will soon have built-in 5G that you can't disable, to phone home.

[-] HelloHotel@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Like u/circuscritic said, its expensive to use 5g modems here, so they have to:

  1. leach off the negbors guest wifi,
  2. hostage the consumer until they give you internet
  3. use 3g or 4g modems.

For option 1 or 3: or rip out the antennas/put it in a faraday cage. (Yes, tinfoil works)

For option 3 only: remove the sim card if possable.

For option 2: not much I can say but buy a tv without option 2. Try buying a model no later than 2021-22 ish.

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