Avoid Roku in my experience, TVs with that shit built in definitely force setup and Internet access before they can even be used as a dumb TV. I used to favor Vizio, since you can decline the agreements and just use it as a TV. But their quality has unfortunately gone downhill. Last one I purchased (last I’ll ever purchase) didn’t even last a year and the backlight started malfunctioning and flickering.
I’m probably going TCL next time I need a TV. They seem to be doing quite well, and from what I hear you can opt for using them just as a TV as well.
I wonder if I get an android TV with my fav apps and limit or block everything else. I do agree with roku, my enitre house has it and it seems like the only thing you can do is turn off personalized ads and nothing else. Really Limits your control.
You can connect, set it up, patch it, and then wipe it, revoke the permissions, make it an offline device again.
You can go back and forth. To use smart tv functions again, youd need to agree to the spy stuff again.
(Edit: I own a Visio and a Fire TV, so that’s what my response is based on.)
Is that still mandatory even if I don’t want to use it as a smart TV ever?
Avoid Roku in my experience, TVs with that shit built in definitely force setup and Internet access before they can even be used as a dumb TV. I used to favor Vizio, since you can decline the agreements and just use it as a TV. But their quality has unfortunately gone downhill. Last one I purchased (last I’ll ever purchase) didn’t even last a year and the backlight started malfunctioning and flickering.
I’m probably going TCL next time I need a TV. They seem to be doing quite well, and from what I hear you can opt for using them just as a TV as well.
I wonder if I get an android TV with my fav apps and limit or block everything else. I do agree with roku, my enitre house has it and it seems like the only thing you can do is turn off personalized ads and nothing else. Really Limits your control.
Turn palo alto to glass.
I use the web browser feature instead of tv apps. It circumvents a lot of the tv tracking. Of course, you trade it for web tracking.
I feel like with web tracking its easier to block than tv apps. So I would rather go with that.
That reminds me - I am also curious about rooting a device with Android TV, so that’s another potential option.
No.
You can deny permissions and use it as a monitor.
YMMV on using tv channels, but that should work.
But no hulu for you if no smart tv.