Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy?

Posted by LecroJS 22 hours ago

I haven’t owned a TV in years and would like one that respects my privacy. Are there any TV’s which do this well? I am looking for something in the 60”to 80”range and would like a 4k display with at least 60hz display. I don’t mind paying a premium.

I have heard good things about Apple TV as a better alternative to most smart TV native apps. Would some TV’s pair better with this than others for privacy? I don’t want the TV doing anything other than being the display for Apple TV.

I am curious what success others have had.

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tehlike 22 hours ago|

I think the answer now changes with ability to root some of these tvs.

Still, might be best to run an android tv box yourself, and plug hdmi.

ww520 16 hours ago||

Gamers Nexus has a good discovery video on how extensive smart TVs are snooping on people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA

rl3 18 hours ago||

The consensus thus far appears to be that all modern TVs wipe their ass with user privacy.

Given what happened with games very recently, perhaps the question should be rephrased to: "Which modern TVs support flashing unsigned/self-signed firmware?"

tracerbulletx 19 hours ago||

I just had claude connect to my Android TV over adb and rip out all of the spyware it could find.

Profazia 13 hours ago||

A RPI 5/4 with a basic TV works really good !

pmlnr 10 hours ago||

A Benq gaming monitor with an android box, chromecast tv, nvidia shield, etc, with a soundbar.

rswail 10 hours ago||

There are retail displays that don't have the ad/nag/crap-ware of home TVs.

encrypted_bird 13 hours ago||

A lot of people are saying to not connect an ethernet cable to the TV, but what about if I want to connect the TV to LAN for my Jellyfin server?

K7PJP 12 hours ago|

Buy an Apple TV.

encrypted_bird 11 hours ago||

But I have zero interest in using Apple services though.

K7PJP 48 minutes ago||

Then hook up some other sort of computer or streaming box or whatever. I have no further recommendations because I went with an Apple TV and have never looked back. It just works.

pdimitar 21 hours ago||

Anybody has experience with TCL and Spectre? I'm seeing them a lot, even saw one really big TCL TV in a local shop and loved the colors and the FPS, but no idea how good are they really, are they longer-lasting, are they annoying if you don't give them network access etc.

BLKNSLVR 17 hours ago||

I have a TCL that I'm happy with. I followed 'some instructions somewhere' to use adb to disable the default launcher and replace it with the ProjectIvy launcher, which is nice and clean and has no ads or promotions (ads by any other name).

Mine _is_ connected to my network, but I have DNS blocking via self-hosted Adguard along with specific SmartTV block lists and regular expressions, plus a firewall for the 'entertainment' VLAN that's fairly tight. I'm also monitoring (and recording to a database) all outgoing traffic on the entertainment VLAN so I can add further firewall restrictions - once I have the time to analyse the logs, maybe after I've retired...

pdimitar 2 hours ago||

From your message I gather it's a Google's Android TV software, then? Can you send me a shortened / anonymised link to the "some instructions somewhere", please?

I use AGH as well but haven't gotten around to an untrusted VLAN yet; once I get a TV I'm definitely adding one though...

Gormo 18 hours ago||

Spectre is the only manufacturer I'm aware of still mass producing non-smart consumer TVs.

rationalist 16 hours ago||

Where are you buying them? I can't find them and other users seem to reporting the same. I'm thinking they are silently discontinued.

cm-t 9 hours ago|

Am i wrong if I say: get a simple PC screen, or a beamer without android ?

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