Telescreens.

Can anyone recommend a non-spying TV brand or a model? (Modern)

ChiperSoft 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

We bought a new tv two years ago and I spent probably a week researching to find the least-smart set I could.

The best option is display only units made for businesses, like what they use for restaurant menus, but those are usually twice the price of normal tvs because they're not app subsidized like smart tvs are.

What I ended up going with was Hisense. They ship with Google TV, but it's disabled by default. On first power up, it asks if you want to activate the Google TV features, and you can just say no. The thing then runs like a basic display.

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adrian_b 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have stopped using TV sets more than a decade ago.

Instead of a TV set, I use a very big monitor, which is connected to a mini-PC (an old Intel NUC with Linux), which also has a TV tuner and an infrared remote control receiver. Besides just showing a TV channel, a mini-PC can also record it and it can play any other kind of movie or music files, or it can stream some video from the Internet.

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simpaticoder 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have an older TCL TV that I've never connected to the internet. Of course, that doesn't prevent it from finding open wifi access points and exfiltrating data without my consent. Based on this (really marvelous) reporting from Gamers Nexus, I probably need to double-check what is actually happening.

BTW corporate meeting rooms with smart TVs...shouldn't have them.

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iamnothere 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sceptre still makes some, Walmart carries many of their models.

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BLKNSLVR 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Possibly use a projector instead?

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simpaticoder 16 hours ago | parent [-]

Or even better, don't watch (or own a) TV.

But this response is like when there were meat safety issues in the US and some people said "then buy another brand". People didn't buy that argument (for what I hope are obvious reasons), and so regulation was enacted to protect the public.

It's clear that this problem must be handled with regulation, too. I'm all for markets solving problems, but I'm also for recognizing when it can't. I haven't seen the whole video yet, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it's NOT just LG.

	▲	avodonosov 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Another comment confirms that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49593184

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BoingBoomTschak 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I've been searching for one hour, and the only truly safe thing is an HTPC linked to an OS-free commercial display like these large VAs from ViewSonic: https://www.viewsonic.com/global/products/commercial-display... (goes from 45" to 100").