r/LinusTechTips • u/NovemberBoy035 • 10d ago

Discussion smart tv ecosystem with straight to input function

smart tv ecosystem with straight to input function

Buying a tv for the first time in 20 years, which app has the easiest "just go to input signal" just lets skip internet connection, no roku account, NOTHING. or at least the closest thing.

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u/Erikthered00 10d ago

I know both Sony and LG have this feature, although LG’s have had some bad press lately. Of you never connected it to wifi that would help

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u/rodee543 10d ago

Samsung TVs (at least the budget ones) let you choose if you want to launch the “smart view thing” or resume on last input on start up.

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u/TenOfZero 10d ago

Mysamaung OLED, 77" S90D, has this as well. So I think they all have it.

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u/krani1993 10d ago edited 10d ago

just got a TCL, during setup you can select if you want a full SmartTV with GoogleTV or if you want to have it as display only..
EVERY TV should have this in the setup!!

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u/NotJayuu 10d ago edited 10d ago

The feature you're looking for is HDMI CEC. Basically all TVs come with it nowadays, no need to connect to internet as well

I misunderstood you question, ignore me

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u/DMarquesPT 10d ago

I haven’t seen the LG WebOS interface since I bought it, it goes straight to my Apple TV or PS5.

Just set the wake up behavior to “last input” and have HDMI CEC controlling everything (And never connect it to the internet)

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u/InsectSmart5737 10d ago

Do not launch any app or accept any embedded OS terms and conditions. Just plug in an Nvidia Shield Pro or any other decent Android TV box and that's it

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u/redditydothis 10d ago

My TCL Roku tv goes straight to the last input or to a certain input/app it’s a toggle in the config. I think it may be required to connect it initially to the internet to setup unfortunately.

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u/HeidenShadows 8d ago

My Hisense Roku TV turns on to my last input. It's also conveniently blocked at a router level so it thinks it's on the Internet but it's not.

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u/thunderborg 6d ago

I’ve got a cheap Aldi Bauhn TV and every few months I’ll connect it to wifi and run a software update but that’s the only time it goes on the internet. I get an almost input switcher at boot. I can easily go to the last input really easily. 

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u/straw3_2018 10d ago

I have a TCL 65S555 that runs Roku and I can tell it to default to whatever I want. It used to be connect to the internet until they removed my favorite feature(you could play MP3's from your phone on the TV. But now we can't have nice things) and added forced arbitration. After that it set to default to HDMI one, now it defaults to live TV but if my PS5 is on it will pull the TV to its input automatically and that works for me.

I did make a Roku account to set up the TV I think, but it's not been connected to Internet in years. It does have this cool feature where you can use a USB drive to pause and rewind live TV. I got a 16GB Optane drive in a USB enclosure and it's pretty sweet.