>constantly takes pictures and records you

Great, so now you have to either buy vintage, manually disassemble the smart tv and remove the hidden camera + mic or go to a projector screen format.

>>105960361 (OP)
or just get one with android tv and degoogle it

where is the camera???

>>105960880
They drill it into your head when you sleep.

>>105960361 (OP)
And do what with it? Mine has no internet access, I just use an HTPC for everything.
>inb4 hidden modem

>>105960361 (OP)
I have a FireTV that's never been hooked to the internet, and is set to automatically go to the input with the Apple TV hooked up on start up.

>>105960361 (OP)
Are you some kind of sexual freak?
You shouldn't be doing stuff in front of your TV you don't want others to see. Just live an ordinary regulated life and then you won't attract attention to yourself.

>>105960361 (OP)
Just laser the camera and needle the mic

>>105960913
>>105960913
>xhe fell for htpc meme

>>105961054
Sorry, I'm just not gonna watch it (the ads!).
Ugh, I know I knoooow
It's just that I'm not gonna watch it, is all
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>105960361 (OP)
how hard is it to make your own cheap smart TV with a raspberry pi or st.

>>105961533
Hard because they need high resolutions and HDR abilities. Best bet would be a mini PC with a modern CPU/APU that can drive it.

>2025
>still watching TV

>>105960361 (OP)
>now you have to either buy vintage, manually disassemble the smart tv and remove the hidden camera + mic or go to a projector screen format.
To do what? Movies are dead and anime is meant to be watched on PC.

>>105961533
With what screen?

>>105960361 (OP)
Just don't connect your TV directly to internet. Use an external device via HDMI. Problem solved.

>>105960361 (OP)
>HTPC+Plex
this is a solved problem

>>105961657
I thought maybe there'd be some generic chinese dumb TVs to use but I guess not.

>>105961711
People using the smartTV software built into their TV is an automatic poorfag indicator
It’s not even expensive. I have an Apple TV 4K I bought in 2017 that I’m still using with zero slowdown. Only update is buying the replacement non-shit remote they practically gave away as an apology for the terrible touchpad one

>>105961711
IDK I've never bought one of these pieces of shit but I assumed it's like every other IoT cuckware and won't even function until you connect to the internet, "upgrade" the malware and make an account

>>105961716
>with what screen, part 2

I have seen a direct tv box attempt to access the internet via the hdmi cable because the LG had internet access. I would assume it works the other way around too

>>105960361 (OP)
Or you can just tape the screen and apply a nice coat of spraypaint on the bezel

>>105960913
Then when some technician fiddles with it they’ll gain access

>>105961006
We’ve come all the way back to Yakov Smirnoff’s Russia

>>105961525
I blocked all the ads during the Olympics with Adguard Home. Literally just a skill issue.

>>105961732
Those phone home to Xi

>no internet access
>Blu Ray player
>antenna for over-air TV
Let me guess, you need more?

>>105961741
>I'm smarter than the poorfags
>I bought device with two microphones built into the remote that phone homes at 3am every morning
>it's so awesome. I can't even sign binaries and run my own software on it
>no big deal though I just pay $10 a year to run some fags mpv with custom skin
Stupid retarded faggot.

>>105961716
If you're already using Plex what the hell is the point of using a HTPC that's a pain in the ass to set up for remote use, uses more energy, costs more, and doesn't even have Dolby Vision support over a $20 AndroidTV box?

>>105961850
Yes

>>105961741
I would rather buy a chink piratebox than pay money for streaming services

>>105962362
Or you could get a cheap HP or Dell mini PC for $30 and put together your own with better hardware.

>>105960361 (OP)
>so now you have to either buy vintage,
lol

>>105960880
hidden behind the screen, this is standard practice nowadays.

>>105961850
>>Blu Ray player
why the fuck would I use a bluray player, I'll just load some movies onto a little extra pc and play those. discs were a mistake. I wish we had some form of cartridge for media like this.

>>105962930
To rent movies from the library.

>>105963002
Are we back to the 00s? Don't wake me up

>>105961827
No, it's a purchase issue. You bought garbage and had to fix it because you made a poor buying decision.

>>105963037
I just watched Dune 2 the other day, for nothing but having a library card and waiting for it to hit DVD. Sometimes I even rip their blurays so I have an MKV rip. Most torrents are low bitrate shit sourced from (((streaming))) services now.

>>105960361 (OP)
Why do people even own TVs when computer exist? You only have yourself to blame. TVs are boomer tech that has long outlived its usefulness.

>>105963210
What a dumbfuck question. A computer is not a display device.

>>105963210
What do you output your computer to if not for a TV or a monitor?

>>105963002
My brother you can do that online

>>105963329
At less than half the bitrate of the disc and get shit quality audio, while paying $4 a movie? No thanks.

>>105963340
>paying for the library

My local library lets you borrow telescopes, kitchenware, and childrens toys on top of the usual books, ebooks, music, movies, physical books. It is free

>>105963388
why would it let you borrow any of that shit, that's gross

>>105963388
>borrowing used children's toys
They have probably caught more cum shots than a taiwanese ladyboy

>>105963393
I want to borrow the telescope but it's always cloudy
>>105963394
They have american girl dolls which are like $150 so the poor girls can enjoy them

>>105960361 (OP)
>Some chink has to watch me goon to waifus in my gooncave
lol

>>105963388
Yeah that was my point. The library is publicly funded and free. Whereas renting digitally is lower quality and more expensive.

>>105963423
Does your library not rent movies online?

>>105963453
I don't know actually, if they do I may try it. I've never used their website lol.

>>105963072
>Most torrents are low bitrate shit sourced from (((streaming))) services now.
lol

>>105963404
>I want to borrow the telescope but it's always cloudy

just like your eye will be once you get pink eye from borrowing it

>>105960361 (OP)
My Pioneer Kuro plasma works just great.

>>105960361 (OP)
did you kill someone?

>>105963047
I didn't actually. I just used a free trial for the Olympics but nice try.

>>105960361 (OP)
Buy a sceptre tv, soundbar, and media streaming device of choice. Done

>>105961525
There needs to be a legal limit to how many ads people can see per time unit. Something made by the UN that has to be ratified by all nations.

One 15 second ad per 2 hours ought to be enough, anything over that is bad for mental health. Advertisers have gone off the deep end and need to be hung from trees.

I do not see a single source in this thread that verifies modern TVs have cameras and mics installed

>>105963973
I visited my parents (who are boomers/silent gen), and they were watching ABC news which seemed to alternate between solid blocks of ads for several minutes straight, and short hyper-emotional news segments that were peppered between ads. If you consider millions of boomers are just like this, the world makes more sense.

>>105963491
Worth it

>>105964105
My mom retired and just watches 8 hours of fox news a day interspersed with HOA board drama.

A little known novel called 1984 predicted TVs that would record you decades ago.

>>105963210
How do you watch movies with your gf?

>>105964312
gf is located in the computer screen

>>105960361 (OP)
>implying they need video of golems fluoride staring at the tv

>>105964095
Why do you care you wouldn't accept any proof given anyway

>>105964095
There was that "Telly" TV that was free but had a second screen that would always have ads. But really they aren't spying via cameras they spy by looking at what you're watching with "ACR"

Vizio got caught and sued for taking full screenshots but I bet these companies are basically still doing it just with a new terms and conditions that no one reads.

>>105964095
>cameras added as a "conferencing feature"
>speakers that are also mics
You can have proximity sensors behind the screen too.

>>105964134
Your mom is a diabetic cunt that needs to be slapped and beaten twice a week

>>105962362
Can't handle Dolby Vision Profile 7 FEL though

>>105962085
He doesn't know

>>105960913
>HTPC
>In [current year]
Shiggy

>>105960361 (OP)
>stare at the camera while i wank
don't care

>>105961880
Lol this guy thinks he can escape surveillance in the year 2025 by throwing out his remote lmao

>>105962085
>i don't want to be monitored
>you should get an android box
fucking dumbass
>>105961769
>fucking dumbass, part 2
don't connect it to the network

>>105962085
also, a dell optiplex micro pulls like 10w at idle.
if you're too poor for that, you're too poor for privacy

>>105960361 (OP)
>Roku TV
What are these stupid names tech companies come up with for their products?

>>105967247
baka gaijin

>>105967374
Nobody cares weeb, that name has nothing to do with the function or purpose of the product. So tired of tech companies just coming up with quirky and eccentric names totally unrelated to the product.