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CRTs did break. And they did suffer from burning.
Just buy a non-smart modern TV, you won't need a replacement and it won't connect to the internet.
Please tell me where I can get a modern high-res TV that is NOT smart. I have tried but cannot find them anywhere
I recently bought a Thomson TV that's HD and with no smart features at all. The only downside is that the image contrast is not the best.
Thanks for the tip, I might get one of those :)
Enjoy! I've also bought their Google TV stick (same brand, I think it's re-branded as ONN in the US though). It works well and I can just switch it in the future, without replacing the TV.
Your best bet would be a commercial display. Though it'll be double the price, at least, and you'll need an hdmi switch and a soundbar more like as not.
Just buy a tv, then don't connect it to anything. But likely that you are going to connect something smart to it, so it doesn't matter.
It is possible to put it in a VLAN that is unable to talk to the internet. This is fine, but I wish I could just get a TV that doesn't have this tracking functionality to begin with.
Dumb tv's are still a thing but they are priced insanely high
What are you using to watch on the tv?
I have a Nvidia shield pro currently running Plex and Jellyfin (sometimes Jellyfin cannot decode the videos and trans-coding is off), I am thinking about moving away from that and go custom Linux build on a mini PC. For live TV I have the app from my internet provider, although I rarely use it. Because the shield runs AndroidTV you can basically just install Prime, Disney, Netflix, etc. apps to run those. For YouTube I use a modified app that has ad and sponsor block build in, can't remember which one it is, but there are enough to choose from. Everything is routed through a Pi-Hole with dns enforced on the router to use it, instead of external ones (in case an app gets smart and tries to use their own). Next to the Shield I also have an extensive DVD/Blue ray collection, most of which have been moved to the NAS that has the Jellyfin server. There are still enough things to do, but I don't have the time to do all the things I want to do.
Give me one specific example of a non smart modern TV that has a decent quality panel please.
There are some that have very little connectivity. They are very expensive commercial units made by Sharp and even Samsung.
Have seen Samsungs hostility TVs, but only resource on them I could find was their own official store pages which are woefully void of any info I actually care about
We have a mix of commercial samsung and sharp TV's for signboards. Both come with a proprietary signboard system but I use Pi5's and google slides to manage them all. Every great now and then I have to reset something.
What's a quality panel? You mean you can't natively get clear resolution on your TV? Doesn't sound very smart to me.
You know there are more variables that contribute to the quality of the TV than the resolution? Like how bright it gets or how accurate it's colors are and what it's color space coverages are... Or how deep the blacks are or if the pixel response is decent. I guess people draw the line at different places and most probably don't care at all... I do, but I also consider my privacy as a variable here. I am in a niche group of people that are completely underserved as I have looked and have not found.. So if someone claims they know of some I ask them for their wisdom.