On: Plasma Bigscreen

[Entinel]

Most new TVs are smart TVs so even if you do this you are still running on like Samsung have been caught screen capturing your TV and phoning home for advertising.

[denkmoon → Entinel]

Your TV can't phone home unless you give it internet. Haven't heard of them shipping with mobile network access yet.

[Liquix → denkmoon]

But when everyone keeps buying ""smart"" TVs and accepting the spyware, pretty soon they will start shipping with baked in 4G chips, and there will be no other option. Vote with your wallet by never buying a smart TV under any circumstance. They are cheaper than actual TVs because the data collected is so lucrative - buying one is implicitly supporting that slimy business model, even if you don't connect to WiFi.

[bogwog → Liquix]

Don’t even need 4G chips, just a regular ol’ wifi/bluetooth module thanks to stuff like Amazon Sidewalk: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/introducing-amazon-...

[quickthrower2 → bogwog]

Love how the illustration shows houses directly on the road with no sidewalk.

[denkmoon → Liquix]

There are no non-smart/"actual" TVs. Find a 55" OLED that doesn't have "smart" features.

I mean personally I don't care so long as I don't see ads, but the advice you're really giving is "don't buy a TV". Can't say I disagree though.

[kuschku → denkmoon]

And that's what the Amazon Sidewalk mesh is for

[nmstoker → Entinel]

How would they phone home without your help? If you're going the route suggested above then it would make no sense to bother putting your Samsung TV on the WiFi

[oyashirochama → nmstoker]

Or just simply block their connection with a PiHole.