TV was a gift from my wife’s dad. I wish he didnt. I already have a perfectly decent flat-screen I have hooked a computer up to.

    • Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      Normally thats a good option but my wife really likes watching Disney+, Dropout, and football on the NFL app, so if I did that I think I would be sleeping on the couch. Besides, I don’t mind the ads, they’re all in Spanish anyway

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        Two thoughts:

        1. You can turn off HDMI input scanning on roku TVs.
        2. Can your wife not watch these things via the computer attached to the TV?
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          1. Thanks, I will look into it
          2. She can but it would make her sad. I don’t get it, but since this is the only thing we fight over I count myself lucky
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          You can turn off HDMI input scanning on roku TVs.

          Knowing Roku, they probably automatically re-enable that setting after an update.

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            I’m definitely expecting this at some point, but it hasn’t happened to me yet. I’ve had the TV for a couple years now.

            You can also just not attach the TV to the internet, but “obviously” doing things like reordering home screen apps requires an Internet connection.

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              21 hours ago

              Of course, because why wouldn’t a checkes notes entirely local operation require an internet connection?

              You can also just not attach the TV to the internet

              That’s what I did with the curved Samsung TV that I put in the basement for the kids. Factory reset with no internet, default input set to a specific HDMI, and a Roku (with Pi-hole handling adblocking). Roku remote also handles TV power/volume. Haven’t had any issues with it.