MODEL : 40Alpha009BL You can get the Thomson Alpha 100 cm (40) Full HD TV and enjoy a cinema-like experience in the comfort of your home. This HD-resolution TV delivers a variety of colour tones and life-like images to improve your viewing experience. Also, it has an attractive bezel-less screen that enhances your viewing area and makes for a visually appealing addition to the design of your living room. Moreover, this TV has an up to 30 W sound output, so you can enjoy theatre-like sounds to go along with the eye-catching visuals. Buy Now Specifications
Which Linux distro is running in Thomson TVs.
What are the capabilties.
Maybe you can trick it by using a private DNS server. Maybe someone already cracked their API and has a manual how to run your own server telling the tv „bro, everything easy“
Just google jailbreak (insert tv name) this should be a good start for digging.
No, but you can likely remove the Wi-Fi and any other Wireless chips that you don’t need (other than the IR). That, and use it as a display for a computer through HDMI
Dumb TV+(mini)PC is the way
Is it even possible to buy a dumb TV any more?
Keep the smart TV off the network and the difference is usually minimal.
Still takes a while to boot compared to a dumb panel.
From standby isn’t that noticeable. Definitely a bit of a difference in cold-boot times though.
Can’t speak for others but mine puts up big intrusive banners if you don’t connect it to the internet.
Maybe you can trick it by using a private DNS server. Maybe someone already cracked their API and has a manual how to run your own server telling the tv „bro, everything easy“ Just google jailbreak (insert tv name) this should be a good start for digging.
Look at commercial monitors. They’re the screen without the bloat.
I think there’s a few models that are not really advertised, don’t know them though.
Seems unattractive for manufacturers since apparently 50% of income on TVs is user data.
No.
But if you don’t connect your smart tv to anything how is it smart.
No, but you can likely remove the Wi-Fi and any other Wireless chips that you don’t need (other than the IR). That, and use it as a display for a computer through HDMI
Yes, as long as you never connect your TV to the internet, then it is for all intents and purposes a “dumb tv.”
Thats what I’m currently doing but is it even possible to buy a new dumb TV nowadays?