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Who's selling dumb TV's again, Samsung? Who else? I'll happily pay a thousand bucks to not get screwed by my TV.

spopejoy 3d ago
Just keep it disconnected and enjoy the "dumb" TV with a streamer box. The reports of user-disconnected TVs jumping on open wifis or Amazon sidewalk by themselves are not credible. All of the problems stem from connecting the TV so don't. I would be surprised if a truly dumb TV would be as good quality as modern LGs etc for the price. Maybe I'm wrong. But please don't pay _more_ for a dumb TV.
montroser 3d ago
https://impecca.com/entertainment/televisions.html https://impecca.com/entertainment/televisions.html These are nicely dumb and cheap.
amelius 4d ago
panelook.com
Metricon 4d ago
What you want to look for is called "Commercial Signage Display". These are basically large "TV" monitors that are sold to businesses like sports bars. On Amazon, you can find a few here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/industrial/18746933011/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/industrial/18746933011... (which are mostly Samsung).
rpdillon 4d ago
I used to go on here about Sceptre TVs, because they are relatively cheap and dumb as a brick. Was just shopping for one because of this LG news (wanted to replace my old one from 2014), and while Sceptre still lists them on their website, they tell me to go to Amazon or Walmart to buy one. Amazon and Walmart say they are out of stock, with no expected date. My conclusion is that Sceptre, the last holdout in the dumb TV industry, has quit in favor of focusing on monitors/displays for computers. Now I'm not sure if I'm going to ever replace my TV!
whstl 4d ago
In Germany I like the "OK" brand from Saturn/Mediamarkt. They're Ok. The dumb models are very cheap and the picture is faithful due to lack of framerate-doubler and other picture-enhancement shenanigans.
anon7000 4d ago
Don’t you worry, mid/high end TVs cost thousands of bucks and have all the same spyware
maxglute 4d ago
TBH only hope at this point is for BOE/PRC panel makers to thoroughly involute and for bare panels + dumb connectors make it to aliexpress, i.e. like we have after market screens for everything else. Buy a screen, buy a case, get your dumb screen. TV manufactures will absolutely not pass up ad monetization, especially Korean ones that can't survive with lower margins.
dwedge 3d ago
Projectors if they work for your home
OroPla 3d ago
Dell sells a monitor the size of a small TV (U5226KW). It's more than two thousand dollars, though.
PsylentKnight 3d ago
I’m looking for a TV and it seems like dumb ones simply aren’t available anymore Seems like the only options are: 1. Buy a smart TV and not connect it to the internet and/or physically neuter it by unplugging the Wifi/Bluetooth module. I wish there was more info about this out there as I assume there are some models that don’t allow this 2. Buy a projector. I’ve been using a cheap $80 projector for a few years due to space constraints in the apartment I was living in. Now that I’m in a larger apartment, I wanted to buy a TV. But all this has me wondering whether I should just buy a better projector It does have the “drawback” that it can only be used after sunset (assuming you don’t have a basement or blackout curtains or something). But I find that this provides a natural hard cap to the screen time that everyone is trying so hard to cut back on

Just keep it disconnected and enjoy the "dumb" TV with a streamer box. The reports of user-disconnected TVs jumping on open wifis or Amazon sidewalk by themselves are not credible. All of the problems stem from connecting the TV so don't. I would be surprised if a truly dumb TV would be as good quality as modern LGs etc for the price. Maybe I'm wrong. But please don't pay _more_ for a dumb TV.

montroser 3d ago

https://impecca.com/entertainment/televisions.html https://impecca.com/entertainment/televisions.html These are nicely dumb and cheap.

amelius 4d ago

panelook.com

Metricon 4d ago

What you want to look for is called "Commercial Signage Display". These are basically large "TV" monitors that are sold to businesses like sports bars. On Amazon, you can find a few here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/industrial/18746933011/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/industrial/18746933011... (which are mostly Samsung).

rpdillon 4d ago

I used to go on here about Sceptre TVs, because they are relatively cheap and dumb as a brick. Was just shopping for one because of this LG news (wanted to replace my old one from 2014), and while Sceptre still lists them on their website, they tell me to go to Amazon or Walmart to buy one. Amazon and Walmart say they are out of stock, with no expected date. My conclusion is that Sceptre, the last holdout in the dumb TV industry, has quit in favor of focusing on monitors/displays for computers. Now I'm not sure if I'm going to ever replace my TV!

whstl 4d ago

In Germany I like the "OK" brand from Saturn/Mediamarkt. They're Ok. The dumb models are very cheap and the picture is faithful due to lack of framerate-doubler and other picture-enhancement shenanigans.

anon7000 4d ago

Don’t you worry, mid/high end TVs cost thousands of bucks and have all the same spyware

maxglute 4d ago

TBH only hope at this point is for BOE/PRC panel makers to thoroughly involute and for bare panels + dumb connectors make it to aliexpress, i.e. like we have after market screens for everything else. Buy a screen, buy a case, get your dumb screen. TV manufactures will absolutely not pass up ad monetization, especially Korean ones that can't survive with lower margins.

dwedge 3d ago

Projectors if they work for your home

OroPla 3d ago

Dell sells a monitor the size of a small TV (U5226KW). It's more than two thousand dollars, though.

PsylentKnight 3d ago

I’m looking for a TV and it seems like dumb ones simply aren’t available anymore Seems like the only options are: 1. Buy a smart TV and not connect it to the internet and/or physically neuter it by unplugging the Wifi/Bluetooth module. I wish there was more info about this out there as I assume there are some models that don’t allow this 2. Buy a projector. I’ve been using a cheap $80 projector for a few years due to space constraints in the apartment I was living in. Now that I’m in a larger apartment, I wanted to buy a TV. But all this has me wondering whether I should just buy a better projector It does have the “drawback” that it can only be used after sunset (assuming you don’t have a basement or blackout curtains or something). But I find that this provides a natural hard cap to the screen time that everyone is trying so hard to cut back on