My old Android TV is almost 10 years old and despite ADB modding it shows its age. So I took a look around and quickly found out how bad things have gotten in the Smart TV space.

Dumb TVs are out of the question because of their high prices - they’re for commercial use after all.

What I want is a nice big TV (around 65" to 75") with a real colorful, sharp display and an OS that does not annoy me with ads (I despise ads) and recommendations while still fulfilling my needs, which are

  • Crunchyroll
  • Prime
  • Ad-free Youtube client like smarttubenext
  • HDMI for console gaming
  • Absolutely no stuttering and frame rate issues when playing videos in apps
  • Preferably no stuttering menus
  • Reasonably priced

Anything else is completely uninteresting to me.

And yes, I know about the nvidia shield, but that thing is 5 years old and I don’t want to ride an already old horse that might be replaced very soon due to its age (even though there’s currently no signs of that on the horizon). I also don’t like using more than one remote…

I have no issue with modding it as long as that’s reasonably possible - just to get rid of most bloatware, annoyances, ads and such.

Any ideas?

  • RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    My ten year old dumb tv died recently. I got a samsung smart tv and just never connected the internet, like everyone is suggesting. I have my playstation and an old laptop with kodi plugged into it. I personally hate smart tvs (even without internet, it’s still more annoying than old tvs) but this works well enough.

    Edit: the Samsung tv remote works with my Playstation, too, and I could probably set it up with my computer but I like using the wireless mouse and keyboard.