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   Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (rysiek@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Feb-2025 22:30:12 JST Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

   Me:

   > I am a very happy user of an old ENOX 42" TV, very much not-"smart".
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   > I am looking to replace it. Was hoping I would find some non-"smart" options from a manufacturer whose similar product I own and am happy with.

   ENOX:

   > It is not smart to go for a non-smart TV anymore 😊

   Well, calling your customers dumb is certain *a* strategy, not sure if it's a good one. 🤷♀️

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 23-Feb-2025 10:06:46 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Ville Wilson

     @rysiek @villewilson
     I got a smart TV, plugged it in to the wired Ethernet for config, never gave it any WiFi passwords, and haven’t plugged it in since. Poor thing gives weird errors being perpetually offline, but totally worth it.

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     Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (rysiek@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Feb-2025 10:06:47 JST Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

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     • Ville Wilson

     @villewilson ha! smart! I need to consider this.

     the other option is some "professional displays" like this one:
     https://iiyama.com/gl_en/products/prolite-lh5541uhs-b2/

     but these tend to be more expensive than "smart" TVs 🙄

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     Ville Wilson (villewilson@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Sunday, 23-Feb-2025 10:06:53 JST Ville Wilson

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     @rysiek I was looking for such an unicorn for years and came up with zero results. The whole market is just flavors of Android now. So I had to go more radical, found the schematics for mine, opened it and unsoldered the wifi part. I did void the warranty but I think it was worth it.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 23-Feb-2025 10:33:18 JST Rich Felker

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     • Ville Wilson

     @villewilson @rysiek Ideal would be replacing the software.