I like to make my own smart TV by running a PC and using the TV as a monitor. I feel it’s safer but I could be wrong.
“make my own smart TV by running a PC and using the TV as a monitor.”
Can’t you do that with an HDMI cable? I’m not a techie, but I think I’ve heard that. Or do only smart TVs have HDMI connectability? I dunno ...
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People are making them from Raspberry Pi single board computers, Either a Pi 4 or a Pi 400. The Pi 400 is built into a keyboard. Both come with HDMI ports. They can run either Android or a special Pi version of Linux.
If you want the big name streaming apps like Hulu, you’ll need Android and you’ll have to have google play installed to connect to the google play store. Most of the free streaming outfits have a web based version so you could just run a browser. There are some that run on Kodi. At the very least, you’ll know there’s no camera or microphone.