Declining Terms and Conditions on a TV

martin363 · 1 Mar 2021 at 13:29

Gray2233 said:
A good projector maybe?

When I bought my current TV my intent was to use it as a dumb unit, but it still has SMART features as it's literally impossible to find anything without. That said, you don't need to set up Wi-Fi if you don't want -- I did for firmware updates mainly.

Ironically my projector bulb just blew, impressively 30 mins ago, off to the service centre tomorrow... Benq W1400, about 5 or 6 years old...

whitecrook · 1 Mar 2021 at 14:02

I never connected my upstairs samsung to the wifi. Every time I use it I get to use it without any adverts or 'smart stuff' appearing. It's a wonderful thing. TV downstairs though is on the network (vlaned inet only) and the amount of hits it genereates to samsung services and things is incredible, 10's of thousands. And it pumps ads and thing in to the user interface. It's disgusting.

martin363 · 1 Mar 2021 at 14:40

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whitecrook said:
I never connected my upstairs samsung to the wifi. Every time I use it I get to use it without any adverts or 'smart stuff' appearing. It's a wonderful thing. TV downstairs though is on the network (vlaned inet only) and the amount of hits it genereates to samsung services and things is incredible, 10's of thousands. And it pumps ads and thing in to the user interface. It's disgusting.

Thanks, I will definitely try it without wifi, as has been said, if it never connects to the internet, it can never phone home....

krooton · 2 Mar 2021 at 13:05

Given you generally don't register or sign up when you accept terms, how exactly does it cause you to have a digital footprint? The tv has no PII on you.

Rannoch · 2 Mar 2021 at 13:09

Perhsaps something along the lines of the Hisense 100"

https://hisense.co.uk/tvs/all-tvs/100l5/

Gray2233 · 2 Mar 2021 at 13:20

Rannoch said:
Perhsaps something along the lines of the Hisense 100"

https://hisense.co.uk/tvs/all-tvs/100l5/

Isn't that just a short throw projector?

Given the OP already has a projector setup, surely he'd be better off just replacing his current long throw unit to something higher end if he were to stick to projectors?

martin363 · 2 Mar 2021 at 13:53

Well, my wife seems to be of the opinion we should stick with a projector, but get something like the Samsung Premier short throw laser.... Apparently every time our (her) friends come over they love our projector setup and want to replace their TV's.... not sure if projectors are starting to go smart though... the high end ones at least.

a1ex2001 · 4 Mar 2021 at 09:51

Everything is going smart slowly but surely. If you are really that worried connect it for setup use a SPAM bucket email address and false details for anything that requires a signup and then disconnect it from the internet. You are going to have to get used to these things as everything from TV's to freezers is going online to light bulbs is going online!

Gray2233 · 4 Mar 2021 at 11:22

martin363 said:
Well, my wife seems to be of the opinion we should stick with a projector, but get something like the Samsung Premier short throw laser.... Apparently every time our (her) friends come over they love our projector setup and want to replace their TV's.... not sure if projectors are starting to go smart though... the high end ones at least.

Given you already have things set up for an overhead and given the money you're spending, would you not be better off with something like the Sony VW270ES?

aardvark · 4 Mar 2021 at 11:55

i don't see what all the drama is for - just don't connect it to a network.

whitecrook · 4 Mar 2021 at 14:26

aardvark said:
i don't see what all the drama is for - just don't connect it to a network.

some tvs wil not work unless you submit to the devil. Same as these cheapo chinese smart devices that NEED all your details to create and account to turn a light on and off.

aardvark · 4 Mar 2021 at 17:11

whitecrook said:
some tvs wil not work unless you submit to the devil. Same as these cheapo chinese smart devices that NEED all your details to create and account to turn a light on and off.

really? thats annoying

whitecrook · 4 Mar 2021 at 17:20

aardvark said:
really? thats annoying

Wait until the powers that be disable your internet connected electric car in times to come. Now THAT will be annoying

theone8181 · 4 Mar 2021 at 19:18

whitecrook said:
Wait until the powers that be disable your internet connected electric car in times to come. Now THAT will be annoying

Guess your one of those people that refuse a smart meter for the same reason :rolleyes:

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whitecrook · 4 Mar 2021 at 20:29

theone8181 said:
Guess your one of those people that refuse a smart meter for the same reason .

no?

a1ex2001 · 4 Mar 2021 at 21:33

whitecrook said:
some tvs wil not work unless you submit to the devil. Same as these cheapo chinese smart devices that NEED all your details to create and account to turn a light on and off.

They don’t need any of your details they need a spam trap email a made up name etc. You choose if you are giving out your real details or some utter junk.

theone8181 · 5 Mar 2021 at 06:19

whitecrook said:
no?

Your previous post made you sound a bit tin foil hat type of person, if your not then I apologise. If you are then I dont

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