Non smart TVs available to buy in the uk
Hi, does anyone own a non smart tv which is 4k and around 48"? I'm currently own a Samsung TV but to use any of the apple TV or game consoles you have to go through their painfully unresponsive smart menus and its driving me up the wall. ive looked online but it's hard to avoid smart TVs, they seem to be everywhere and a lot of options I came across are US only. the budget is upto £400, thanks in advance
Go the other way. Get the one you want, but all content comes from an external media player, the TV never gets directly connected to a network.
I use a nvidia shield but an apple TV can be locked down as well. Stay away from roku and cheap Chinese boxes. More info
My approach is to muddle the waters as much as possible, using different providers and throwing in a pi hole to the network to block DNS requests.
This is the way to do it. Consumer TVs are subsidized by the data harvesting they do, the equivalent commercial models are much more expensive
Oh, also check if CEC is enabled. I control the whole Tv via the shield remote, it switches input automatically.
Samsung calls the feature anynet
Definitely this. Though annoyingly, the one CEC command I have issues with is turning the Shield off doesnt always turn the TV off too. Only works about half the time. Thankfully, the TV turns off by itself after 2 mins with no signal, but still a bit annoying
I'm not sure if it will help since you're in the UK, but search for commercial displays. There should be some televisions available that are meant for hotel lobbies and the like. Not sure if they'd be 4k and 48", but they should exist despite being in the UK.
We have hotels, I think.
Really? I thought it was all just pubs.
Pubs all the way down unfortunately
thank you, I'll look into it
Exertis, Midwich, ProAV will all help you get hold of a commercial display. You’ll pay more because the screens are rated for 18/7 operation, but you’ll get no OS and a single HDMI port to connect your shit.
NEC, Phillips, Sharp and BenQ are worth looking at as alternatives to the mainstream brands.
I've never used apple TV (because fuck apple) but I have a Philips Ambilight, and there's no issue with games consoles. Plug in an hdmi and select the source. Not sure why you'd be having so much trouble, as any smart TV I've used is the same. It's one button.
perhaps its just Samsung TVs that cause me the trouble then. if I turn on the tv, just selecting the source menu involves going through their horrible menus. I find their remote to be very unresponsive too. I'll look into some Phillips ones though. thank you
The Ambilight is the best TV I ever owned. Great for gaming.
Yes, I don't recognise your issues from any previous telly. I just turn on, select the input and go.
Yeah, my LG is set to automatically turn on and switch to whichever input that provides a signal.
Yeah I have a Philips and was very happy that during the set-up process it let me say that I didn't want to use smart features or connect it to the internet, so I just have it connected to a console. Definitely can recommend Phillips.
The approach I'm taking is to just not connect it to the internet. Obviously the menus might still get slow over the years, but that could happen on and TV and I do most of my button-pressing through an external device (whether that's a Chromecast, raspberry pi, console, full PC, or whatever).
I'm also looking into setting up a pihole to block everything except specific sites I actually want it to access, but that's a bigger undertaking!
What about a computer monitor instead?
I did look into it, the prices are insane, I end up paying for features that are overkill for a tv, refresh rate etc, thank you though
Monitors tend to have much better picture quality than TVs.
If you want a long warranty Mitchell and brown do them although it seems only up to 43" https://www.mitchellandbrown.co.uk/product/mitchell-and-brown-jb-43fs1811/
You could look into getting a projector...
Unfortunately you can't buy non-smart TVs any more.
You can.
Having spent a great deal of time trying to find one recently, I believe you are incorrect.
There's a British company making non smart TV specifically https://celloelectronics.com/collections/non-smart-tvs
Quite fitting for this sub :)
Or you can go with iiyama if you don't like British stuff https://www.visunext.co.uk/p/iiyama-lh4341uhs-b2-non-touch-display-1000030591/
That's 22". Perhaps I should have been clearer: you can't buy a large (e.g. 75") non-smart TV.
That's not even a TV.
What do you mean 22"? Did you even open the link? My god...
I mean 22":
Did you?
Stop doing drugs.