moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square155linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down11
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.commoe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square155linkfedilink
minus-squareUnlocalhost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoStart buying commercial displays. Cost more but will be about as close to a dumb tv. You will have to provide your own smart device for apps …
minus-squareBritishJ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOr hear me out… Just don’t give it an internet connection.
minus-squarePlopp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoSome TVs listen for open networks and use those, so if there is one near you your TV could sneak out either way.
minus-squareGenosseFlosse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoCommercial displays are not tvs. Quite often the refresh rate is terrible and you cannot watch action movies on it, because it was designed to show static billboard ads.
minus-square【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoHospitality TV
Start buying commercial displays. Cost more but will be about as close to a dumb tv. You will have to provide your own smart device for apps …
Or hear me out… Just don’t give it an internet connection.
Some TVs listen for open networks and use those, so if there is one near you your TV could sneak out either way.
Commercial displays are not tvs. Quite often the refresh rate is terrible and you cannot watch action movies on it, because it was designed to show static billboard ads.
Hospitality TV