Does anyone got any television recommendations for dumb tv’s or other words none smart tv’s? Or even a tv that is smart but the software is open sourced making it privacy friendly?

  • maxprime@lemmy.ml
    53·
    1 year ago

    I heard that Roku TVs (not the sticks) disable HDMI until you have connected to the internet and registered an account. I also heard that their TVs are way chattier and force more ads than their stick.

    Ironic because the one device I would want to connect to its HDMI is a Roku stick.

    • Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      I have several roku tvs in my house and I’ve never heard that, and I’ve never had to setup any type of account…

    • a baby duck@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Not saying you’re wrong, but I never had to create an account on my TCL TV running the Roku TV software. You can even choose an input to start up to, so I never even see the home screen ads.

      Wouldn’t surprise me if it varies by model, but I’ve had no issues just having mine start up to a Fire Stick connected to my home Plex server (though Fire Stick comes with its own problems).