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Great "dumpster dive" - a Sony Bravia Smart TV
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DavidAlfa:
It's still an Android TV, I simply use it to show the Chromecast.
HDMI CEC makes it really simple, the Chromecast will turn the TV on and off, and the small remote is pretty nice.
tom66:

--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on July 04, 2023, 10:20:19 am ---The gold standard for TV UI about ten years ago (dunno about right now) was Panasonic. Don't know if they all are just trying to aim for store attention grabbing now though.

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I'm not a massive fan of smart TVs but our old Panasonic smart TV (11 years old, plasma, still going strong) shows live TV within 3 seconds of being powered on.  It then proceeds to 'boot up' all of the smart TV stuff in the background.  Contrasted to a generic smart TV dumpster find, it takes over 30 seconds from cold power up before it is ready, though if it is in standby then powered up it "only" takes 10 seconds.
DavidAlfa:
SmartTVs are slow on booting only when removing power, otherwise it's ~2sec.
NiHaoMike:
They should make a smart TV that's just a monitor with a place to install a Raspberry Pi or even a mini ITX board on the back.
tom66:

--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on July 04, 2023, 01:48:56 pm ---They should make a smart TV that's just a monitor with a place to install a Raspberry Pi or even a mini ITX board on the back.

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Ahem. https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/tv-thats-not-necs-pi-powered-55-display
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