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Several Friends Bought Smart TV's

Sooner — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:21:53 GMT

And the irony is none of them can figure out how to use them!

How about you?

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I am still oxox — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:28:26 GMT

We have had one for years not a big deal read the instructions

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Barbara-QVC — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:30:22 GMT

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Kachina624 — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:37:00 GMT

@Sooner. I have no trouble using them but I have a small Samsung TV in the bedroom that constantly reverts to modes I've never seen before then I spend weeks fooling with it to get it back to where I want it. Woe be the user who accidently hits a wrong key on the remote. I'll never get another Samsung TV.

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deeva — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:41:38 GMT

We bought three new Samsung smart tv's this year. We haven't had any issues setting them up and using them.

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chickenbutt — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:44:11 GMT

I don't have one and, honestly, I don't want one. It seems like that's all they make now. I really (like REALLY!) want a larger tv for my living room but I wish I could just get another regular HDTV and call it a day.

I have a Roku3 and a Fire Stick and Tivos, so I don't need any of the extra stuff as a part of the tv.

It just seems like the more features any one given electronic item has, the more chance of stuff going wrong. Things now seem more like you need to replace everything every year or so and I'm one of those crazy 'use it, take good care of it, and hope that it lasts a very long time' people.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:45:31 GMT

I tried to buy a non-smart (a stupid TV) but I couldn't find one. So I had to buy a smart TV and most of the stuff on it doesn't apply to me. I like simple stupid stuff.

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chickenbutt — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:56:21 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
I tried to buy a non-smart (a stupid TV) but I couldn't find one. So I had to buy a smart TV and most of the stuff on it doesn't apply to me. I like simple stupid stuff.

Since I, too, have no interest in the 'smart' features, I've been wondering if it's possible to just not have any of that 'turned on' (or whatever) and just operate like any other tv.

I just want it to operate as a tv and plug in my Tivo and the other HDMI streaming devices like what I do now.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 21:10:41 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
I tried to buy a non-smart (a stupid TV) but I couldn't find one. So I had to buy a smart TV and most of the stuff on it doesn't apply to me. I like simple stupid stuff.

Since I, too, have no interest in the 'smart' features, I've been wondering if it's possible to just not have any of that 'turned on' (or whatever) and just operate like any other tv.

I just want it to operate as a tv and plug in my Tivo and the other HDMI streaming devices like what I do now.

@chickenbutt

There were some things I turned off. One of them was a privacy setting I changed when I set up the TV for the first time. I can't remember what exactly that was about but it had something to do with tracking what I watch. I also turned off the wi-fi connection to my router because I don't use streaming services.

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Mellyg — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 21:19:44 GMT

We have Samsung smart TVs, and there was no issue setting them up (albeit, I didn't partake in the installing). But we have a Sonos remote, that is a smart PITA!

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mspatmac — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:04:42 GMT

I have an LG SmartTv and love it. I use the features I want and ignore the rest. I used the remote to look at everything, it really guided me through everything. I still find new stuff to play with. I have my old plasma moved into bedroom and unfortunately it still works well enough that I can't justify replacing yet, it's dumber than dumber. Can't even connect to internet. I will get a smartTv when it goes to TV heaven.

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Nuttmeg — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:17:04 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
I tried to buy a non-smart (a stupid TV) but I couldn't find one. So I had to buy a smart TV and most of the stuff on it doesn't apply to me. I like simple stupid stuff.

Since I, too, have no interest in the 'smart' features, I've been wondering if it's possible to just not have any of that 'turned on' (or whatever) and just operate like any other tv.

I just want it to operate as a tv and plug in my Tivo and the other HDMI streaming devices like what I do now.
@chickenbutt
Crutchfields.com may be able to help you find a TV that will run your devices. This company has good customer service.

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hckynut — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:21:58 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
And the irony is none of them can figure out how to use them!

How about you?

@Sooner

Me and a smart TV? They may outsmart me at the start, but 1 step at a time I will learn every smart trick it possesses. From that point on? I will probably only use 4 or 5 of their smartness features.

I have had many electronics over the decades, and some of them were much harder to outsmart than these smartas* new TV sets, but by my 1 step at a time method, I always won those battles of wits, not smartness.

hckynut

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Sooner — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:11:42 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
I tried to buy a non-smart (a stupid TV) but I couldn't find one. So I had to buy a smart TV and most of the stuff on it doesn't apply to me. I like simple stupid stuff.

Since I, too, have no interest in the 'smart' features, I've been wondering if it's possible to just not have any of that 'turned on' (or whatever) and just operate like any other tv.

I just want it to operate as a tv and plug in my Tivo and the other HDMI streaming devices like what I do now.

@chickenbutt The way some of ours work, if you have a cable controller, that one is just like regular tv except you can record. So maybe that's an option. The stupid "smart" stuff is only there is you use the TV controller, not the cable one. They are LG.

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ceekay — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:12:42 GMT

@Nuttmeg - I have a smart dumb TV. I plugged it in and plugged in the HDTV antenna cord and I get my local channels. I put an Amazon Firestick in the hdmi place (since I already had one) and it works fine. I did NOT set up any of the wireless access for the TV itself. So yes, from my experience it it totally possible to set a smart TV up dumb. We got one for my mom and hers is connected to her cable box but we also did not pair it up to her wireless.

To @chickenbutt's point, I actually have a tiny 13 inch TV circa 1983. It has a digital converter box connected to it and a VCR!! Since the TV is so old it has a built in tuner and I get lots of channels with just the antenna the TV came with way back when. I am also of the take care of it until it drops mentality (hence the washer from 1983 and the dishwasher from 1989, etc.). Made in USA. :-)

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Sooner — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:13:54 GMT

@Nuttmeg wrote:
@chickenbutt wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
I tried to buy a non-smart (a stupid TV) but I couldn't find one. So I had to buy a smart TV and most of the stuff on it doesn't apply to me. I like simple stupid stuff.

Since I, too, have no interest in the 'smart' features, I've been wondering if it's possible to just not have any of that 'turned on' (or whatever) and just operate like any other tv.

I just want it to operate as a tv and plug in my Tivo and the other HDMI streaming devices like what I do now.
@chickenbutt
Crutchfields.com may be able to help you find a TV that will run your devices. This company has good customer service.

@Nuttmeg Some of ours are "regular" tv's if you go through the cable controller not the tv remote.

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mspatmac — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:37:04 GMT

@Sooner I use the Dish remote mostly but the LG remote when I want to access a smartTv feature. Works for me.

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NickNack — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:43:36 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
I tried to buy a non-smart (a stupid TV) but I couldn't find one. So I had to buy a smart TV and most of the stuff on it doesn't apply to me. I like simple stupid stuff.

Since I, too, have no interest in the 'smart' features, I've been wondering if it's possible to just not have any of that 'turned on' (or whatever) and just operate like any other tv.

I just want it to operate as a tv and plug in my Tivo and the other HDMI streaming devices like what I do now.

@chickenbutt I have two smart TV's, and I never use the Apps they came with. I have a Tivo on one TV and a Comcast DVR for the other one. I had to buy a Firestick to get Apple TV because neither Smart TV had that app. Comcast and Tivo don't have Apple TV apps either (or at least my versions don't). In other words, you can use it just like a regular TV.

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chickenbutt — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:45:21 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
@Nuttmeg Some of ours are "regular" tv's if you go through the cable controller not the tv remote.

Now, that's interesting. I use the Tivo remote w/my living room and bdrm TVs, so that's encouraging. I only have to pull out the TV remote to change from HDMI1 to HDMI2 and haven't even used the cable remotes for ages.

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chickenbutt — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:48:01 GMT

@NickNack wrote:
@chickenbutt wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
I tried to buy a non-smart (a stupid TV) but I couldn't find one. So I had to buy a smart TV and most of the stuff on it doesn't apply to me. I like simple stupid stuff.

Since I, too, have no interest in the 'smart' features, I've been wondering if it's possible to just not have any of that 'turned on' (or whatever) and just operate like any other tv.

I just want it to operate as a tv and plug in my Tivo and the other HDMI streaming devices like what I do now.

@chickenbutt I have two smart TV's, and I never use the Apps they came with. I have a Tivo on one TV and a Comcast DVR for the other one. I had to buy a Firestick to get Apple TV because neither Smart TV had that app. Comcast and Tivo don't have Apple TV apps either (or at least my versions don't). In other words, you can use it just like a regular TV.

I, too, recently purchased a Fire Stick because I wanted to get HBO Max (free since I have HBO on cable) and they don't have Max on Tivos or on Roku. Now, however, (and probably since I just got the Stick, as Murphy's Law seems to apply in about everything I do!) HBO Max has just come to Roku. Oh well. At least the Fire Stick didn't cost me hardly anything.