Is there a website or a list that showcases ‘dumb’ electronics that don’t need Wi-Fi to operate? It appears that there aren’t many new dumb TVs on the market, so having such a resource would be really beneficial.

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    Additionally, if your smart TV requires an internet connection in order to be set up in the first place, use the hotspot on your phone with a new SSID, and set it up, and then change the SSID on your phone.

    After that, it should work without an internet connection, and it’ll spend all of its time attempting to connect to an internet connection that is no longer there.

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      6 months ago

      Until it needs a factory reset to fix something and the manufacturer no longer maintains the activation server. I would never recommend buy a TV that requires internet for initial setup. The last thing you want is for it to turn into a Spotify car thing, humane AI pin, etc.

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        6 months ago

        It’s kind of wild to think that you could make so much money by making an open-source TV ecosystem.

        Or if making money is not your thing, you could acquire so much internet clout by developing it and then publishing it online.