I use those cheap TVs as a monitor hooked up to a Linux PC. All cameras get the tape treatment.
All "smart" functionality, the need to go through some service, app etc on the TV itself - got stabbed the first day with a rusty steak knife... I can do whatever I need to via web browser on the PC.
Unless you GOTTA have network TV or cable, it's the only way to go. Complete control over all your base.
A mini kidney bean Bluetooth kb/trackpad combo lets you even peruse GAW while laying in the crib...
You can use a windows box too or old lappy... fanless vesa mount, high performance ones are available cheap now...lock them down with WinAeroTweaker and run Brave+ plugins for zero commercials... How YOU doin?
Are you smarter than the corporate retards forcing you to do things their way?
You are wise, but all those words.......go right over my head. You gotta teach us knuckle draggers how to get out of our caves. This high tech "stuff"....I have a kid that tells me how to plug in stuff and which buttons to push. Now if you wanna build a house without plans, I'm your man. Tech is something I just cannot get my head wrapped around. But cutting a piece of wood with a hand saw, that's easy.
Thank you, TaQo. That Ford article was pretty enlightening. Yea, knowing how to code or extract information from a hand held device is a little difficult to figure out, I'm very satisfied that my house building skills are such that my house will never fall down around my head. I'd rather have house-security instead of knowing all the intricacies of a computer or smart phone. I think Mr. Ford would agree. Kek
"You no longer have to learn anything; you just find it. No context. No memorization. Just location. You can immediately forget all about it because if you need it again you can find it again."
Problem is they made it so legal content (shows and movies) you buy only play 480p when you play them on PC. They force you to use the TVs built in app for 4K.
I've literally got the Vizio POS they show in the pic from 1/2026 running @ 1920x1440 or whatever... certainly NOT 480.... I'm not a 4k/8k snob, so 1920 or whatever is fine by me...
However, YMMV - because they probably stock different stores with whatever slop tyry can get away with...
It'll run at 1920x1080 or perhaps even 3840x2160 but YouTube movies, Netflix, will refuse to play at anything higher than 480/720p when viewed on most PCs
Now that you mention it... I had an old, slow PC after i bought that Vizio and the Samsung died... and it wouldn't display or transmit sound correctly over HDMI. I was ready to pull my hair out..New fanless i5 PC with plenty of RAM - everything runs great no problem. So you gotta make sure your PC is fast enough for whatever reason...
The joke's on them...
I use those cheap TVs as a monitor hooked up to a Linux PC. All cameras get the tape treatment.
All "smart" functionality, the need to go through some service, app etc on the TV itself - got stabbed the first day with a rusty steak knife... I can do whatever I need to via web browser on the PC.
Unless you GOTTA have network TV or cable, it's the only way to go. Complete control over all your base.
A mini kidney bean Bluetooth kb/trackpad combo lets you even peruse GAW while laying in the crib...
You can use a windows box too or old lappy... fanless vesa mount, high performance ones are available cheap now...lock them down with WinAeroTweaker and run Brave+ plugins for zero commercials... How YOU doin?
Are you smarter than the corporate retards forcing you to do things their way?
Prove it...
u/#insomnia
You are wise, but all those words.......go right over my head. You gotta teach us knuckle draggers how to get out of our caves. This high tech "stuff"....I have a kid that tells me how to plug in stuff and which buttons to push. Now if you wanna build a house without plans, I'm your man. Tech is something I just cannot get my head wrapped around. But cutting a piece of wood with a hand saw, that's easy.
Just like Henry Ford... You don't need to know...
Just push a few buttons (on your phone) and summon the expert (your son) and have him set you up the way I described... He'll understand.
https://unwrittenbusinessguide.com/the-henry-ford-principle/
u/#catdance
Thank you, TaQo. That Ford article was pretty enlightening. Yea, knowing how to code or extract information from a hand held device is a little difficult to figure out, I'm very satisfied that my house building skills are such that my house will never fall down around my head. I'd rather have house-security instead of knowing all the intricacies of a computer or smart phone. I think Mr. Ford would agree. Kek
"You no longer have to learn anything; you just find it. No context. No memorization. Just location. You can immediately forget all about it because if you need it again you can find it again."
Pat Sajak
I'd like to solve the puzzle...
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Problem is they made it so legal content (shows and movies) you buy only play 480p when you play them on PC. They force you to use the TVs built in app for 4K.
I've literally got the Vizio POS they show in the pic from 1/2026 running @ 1920x1440 or whatever... certainly NOT 480.... I'm not a 4k/8k snob, so 1920 or whatever is fine by me...
However, YMMV - because they probably stock different stores with whatever slop tyry can get away with...
It'll run at 1920x1080 or perhaps even 3840x2160 but YouTube movies, Netflix, will refuse to play at anything higher than 480/720p when viewed on most PCs
Now that you mention it... I had an old, slow PC after i bought that Vizio and the Samsung died... and it wouldn't display or transmit sound correctly over HDMI. I was ready to pull my hair out..New fanless i5 PC with plenty of RAM - everything runs great no problem. So you gotta make sure your PC is fast enough for whatever reason...
If you connect a wifi the operating system will spy on you and possibly resell your information for marketing.
I use one of two phones with unlimited data so when hooked up to a Nividia Shield it is high speed without the tracking.