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Smart TV OS Alternative (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Goombalover3000@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Good day! I am trying to find a good alternative as not to use the"smart" functions or using an Xbox to consume our media. I found a few options ie like plasma big screen but it's no longer in development. Essentially I would line love to have it running on an rpi4 and just hooked up to the TV.

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[–] sxan@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's been years since I've shopped for a TV, but... can't you just not connect it to the internet? I have a little microPC running Linux connected to our TV; it's smarter than any other TV I've seen, but the TV itself is stupid.

Why can't someone just get a smart TV and just never let it get online?

I mean, sure, if I had my 'druthers, I wouldn't be paying for features I don't use, but if it's literally impossible to buy dumb TVs, what's the issue?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I used to do that but it would constantly nag until I connected it

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Mines connected for home automation but can't connect to the internet. Blocking the Mac address from going out.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hmm. Just curious: did you try creating a tar pit subnet for it, which it could connect to but not escape from?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Definitely curious as well, but so far haven’t gotten around to trying

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

I mean, someday I'll get a new TV, and I'd just been assuming I'd leave it disconnected... but I hadn't thought about the nagware, and that would definitely be an issue.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

They TV companies make lots of money from selling ad space and preinstalled apps. (They likely sell at a loss initially)