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Smarter than a Smart TV! (Raspberry Pi Inside)

Jeff Geerling · 2.4M views · 2022-06-08 · 9:10

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Jeff Geerling looks at a Sharp NEC commercial display with a slot for a Raspberry Pi Compute Module. It is a large screen without built-in smart TV features or tracking.

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Brought up in smart TV complaint threads as a real-world 'dumb display' alternative.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2022–2023

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modriano · 2023-03 · Recommendation

A recent Jeff Geerling video dug into this subject. [0]. Sharp NEC [1] makes and sells TVs without any "smart" junk (they're mainly aimed at being 24/7 monitors/displays in businesses). They're significantly more expensive than consumer TVs, but part of that is likely to accommodate 24/7 usage. [0] [VIDEO] [1] [LINK]

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ararar · 2023-01 · Recommendation

Just get a "display". See [VIDEO] where Jeff Geerling talks about how great a TV his non-TV is. He has an NEC UHD Professional Display M551. He gets to control the software on the embedded Raspberry Pi. It's about $1700 but I think it's worth it. Product link [LINK]

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gclawes · 2023-04 · Reference

It would be so cool if it supported something like an insertable Raspberry Pi like these NEC displays did, but with standard consumer TV display characteristics (4k, > 60hz, etc) [VIDEO]

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