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What vendors make good dumb TVs or big monitors? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The EMMC on my PC-TV finally broke down and I'd like to replace it with something that doesn't run an OS or will predictably fail with a countdown. But dumb TVs are hard to come by and monitors come at a premium at that size. I want to run a PC (DP/HDMI) and an SBC (HDMI) with it. I also have an S2 satellite cable, but that's secondary. I'd like to have ~43", 16:9, 4K but without an embedded smart-hub, ideally running of eeprom-firmware, or just anything independent of write-cycles. But I can't find any good options online. Are there companies for this. Comments and recommendations welcome.

Edit: I'm EU, hence the DVB-S2 cable. Scepter would be great, but doesn't run on EU power.

Edit: I've pretty much settled on a philips 439P1/00. I'll give it another day, but it seems good. The PC over DP is my main focus and I can connect my own SBC for streaming. It lacks freesync but has adaptive sync and basic HDR. Being an office-monitor, it has no smarts and at ~600 bucks with consumer warranty and support it fits what I'm asking for well. Industry-signage wasn't really an option.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Every TV is a dumb TV of you don't connect it to the internet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I do recall there being tvs with baked-in ads that play on startup even without internet service, but i was unable to easily find the reference. Also, many smart tv interfaces are much slower than dumb tv on-screen menus, so there is that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Yeah this is true. The TCL TV I have has an ad for Deadpool when I turn it on. It's a dumb TV in the sense of it's not connected to the Internet but it still has these from the brief period of time where it wasn't during setup. The ROKU tvs are even worse imo it has like weird scrolling banner ads as a TV screensaver. We have a Roku TV as well.

Honestly fuck all the manufacturers I don't even want a damn 'smart' TV and I'm also pissed at everyone else that enables this by not caring. I guess I helped perpetrate it also but I had no choice I would have bought differently if I could. A lot of people don't mind having non-stop ads jammed down their throats though even by objects they own. The only time I think my TV should be showing me ads is if it's literally free.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Ours had a really sluggish menu with ads until we disconnected it from the internet. Now it has zero ads and the menu to switch sources is as fast as it should be.

I wish I had never connected it to begin with though. I didn't know better. It used to default to whatever console was on, but it updated and no longer does that for some shitty reason. So I have to go through the menu and manually switch sources now. Probably to make sure I saw all the ads before using my playstation. Assholes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Exactly, why do people even bother?