Don’t give your TV internet access, and use an Apple TV.

1shooner 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

At what point do we need to contend with an out-of-band mesh network? Sure you didn't connect your TV to your LAN, but did anyone within LoRa range, on any device from the manufacturer?

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brianaker an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Create an open Xfinity Wi-Fi network, as well as an AT&T one. See if the TV connects to them.

This is probably obvious to most people, but I will mention just the same: do not install the antenna that the TV comes with.

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newsoftheday 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We do that but use a Kubuntu Linux laptop behind the TV and a wireless mouse and keyboard (when we want to pause a movie in Chrome and search for something, like details about an actor in a movie).

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herpdyderp 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I've gotten frustrated enough with my Apple TV that once my gen of hardware is no longer supported I'll replace it with a Raspberry Pi. I don't need fancy apps, just a browser for Jellyfin and (sometimes) YouTube. Any other incidental streaming service usage can also be done through a browser anyway.

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aryadee 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A heads up: my CachyOS gaming PC has been doubling as my media box. But sadly, I've noticed that modern streaming DRM limits the quality because the OS+hardware is not "trusted". There's probably a way to hack around it, but I haven't gotten into it

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dwedge 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I tried doing this and the video stutter on a raspberry pi made it too annoying. Probably better off using an N100

	▲	Rohansi 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> Probably better off using an N100 Exactly this. Search for a mini PC and it'll have a cheap Intel SoC in it that performs way better than a Raspberry Pi 5 but cheaper (comes with everything for ~$300), and even consumes a similar amount of power.
	▲	herpdyderp 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That's too bad! Which Pi version and RAM configuration did you try?

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joering2 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There it is. Not a single TV at my house ever seen a WiFi password. I add cheap Amazon FireStick and be done. Sure Amazon also spies on me but as far as I know original FireStick does not have built-in microphone and probably is not scanning/copying my LAN content to some cloud/back home. And at any time I can just throw it in the trash, get another $29 device. Once I/you plug WiFi password to your TV, there is now way of coming back.