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cael450 • today at 3:47 PM • 10 replies • view on HN

Is there any TV I can buy that doesn't spy on me?


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Macha • today at 7:36 PM

Monitors. Though it's a "for now", some of this has been sneaking in there.

afavour • today at 3:50 PM

Every time this discussion comes up folks point out that you can dumb displays marketed for business use. But they typically cost way more.

Conventional advice is to buy a smart TV and never connect it to the internet. Just plug in [device of your choice] to HDMI.

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Barbing • today at 3:52 PM

$1050:

  Samsung QB55C-N 55" UHD 4K HDR Commercial Monitor without Wi-Fi
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1828914-REG/samsung_q...

3 HDMI ports. Any downsides using as a TV?

Reposting from nine days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50332351

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drngdds • today at 3:55 PM

Practically speaking I would just buy whatever and then not connect it to the internet. (Theoretically if there's an unsecured wifi network with no login requirement in the vicinity the TV could still connect to it and send your data, but no one has demonstrated any TVs actually doing that.)

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thesuitonym • today at 4:58 PM

Spectre still sells dumb TVs. The panels are fine, though they don't have any OLED options. Sound quality is...Well, most people don't use TV audio anyway.

throw0101c • today at 3:50 PM

"Commercial" displays/televisions perhaps:

* https://www.samsung.com/us/business/commercial-tvs/all-comme...

RunSet • today at 5:21 PM

You can pay a significant premium for a "business" TV but the cost effective option is to get a consumer grade television and never allow it to connect to the internet.

MattSayar • today at 4:22 PM

Connect it to your router and use NextDNS/AdGuard on your home network

BoingBoomTschak • today at 6:48 PM

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1914223-REG/viewsonic...

65" VA (not edge-lit, DLED) without any OS (doubt), $1000

gib444 • today at 3:58 PM

Yeah but they cost ~$1000