Hey do anybody know where you get a tv that supports 4k and does not have that locked up smarttv shit?

If there are none, does anybody know a tv that boots fast(less than 30 seconds) and displays an hdmi input by default without the need to choose the input from a menu.

Thanks in advance.

And sorry if I am in the wrong place.

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    You aren’t paying for the smartness. You are actually getting a subsidized TV that should cost a whole lot more but is being sold for cheap since it is also a data collection device.

    Non smart TVs are more expensive than their smart counterparts.

    The only answer is to never give your smart tv access to your network and to use an external device for streaming.

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      You’re right. What you really need is a tv that reacts less bad to being online. It’s a shame Logitech killed the Harmony because dumbing down your tv successfully generally requires a universal remote.

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        As a long time Harmony user, expert, and former employee … The Sofabaton remotes are the closest substitute I’ve found. Easy to configure and use. Just no “activities” like a Harmony. But at least you can set it to control the volume on X device when you have it in the mode to control Y device.

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      Not really. All the extra circuitry costs money. Building and maintaining the software costs money. And that’s way more than you’re expected to “earn”.

      As much as it fuels your conspiracy boners, it’s not like Samsung is raking in billions by showing you ads.

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        As much as it fuels your conspiracy boners

        If you want to discuss this topic further, I’d be happy to. But not if you’re going to causally throw around insults.

        You don’t know anything about me or my work experience.

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          You don’t know anything about me or my work experience.

          Throwing around insults is not helpful, but neither is “trust me bro”.

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            Where was the trust me bro part in his response?
            OP literally said to not assume what he did or didnt???

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            I just did some searching around and found out that smart tv with the same specs as dum tv is cheeper.

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          That’s the neat thing: I don’t need to.

          If you’re just parroting the same narrative without any basis like anybody else and also use the same narratives, I can safely assume that unless proven otherwise, you don’t know what you’re talking about.

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        Do you think that Facebook doesn’t cost money to build or run?

        A crappy years-old ARM-powered smartphone SOC stuck inside a TV costs next to nothing.