My nearest way is using my steam controller but isn’t comfy to navigate Netflix or other streaming websites.

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      Can agree. My $1800 TV has the slowest interface ever and only 8GB of storage space, most of it being taken up by the OS. It’s laggy as hell and a major pain in the ass to navigate cause of it. It’s like using a $50 Android phone that keeps closing the app you’re using cause it has 512MB of RAM.

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        I miss dumb TVs. All I want is a screen that I can plug smart stuff into. I use an AppleTV, which is navigates around really smooth and fast. I have two of them. The one I use most is fairly old and still works better than any smart TV I’ve ever had.

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          Look into “digital signage” panels.

          Not cheap, but they are basically a 49"+ computer monitor that is rated for 24/7 usage.

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            The issue with those is they generally don’t have speakers. Fine if you’re already planning on another solution, but I like having the option to use built in speakers for basic stuff.

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      I’ve given up on smart TVs. Mine has never been connected to the internet. I slap a fire TV to it (yeah, I know. I’m weak…) and forget about it. If that gets too slow for the task I’ll get a new one for 40€.

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        40€

        For that price you can buy good monitor. For that price you can buy small computer. For double that price you will never need to think about replacing TV because “it’s got too slow”

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            I once had a 200" Sony CRT projector. It had a grid of at least 20 trimpots for adjusting the picture on each of the tubes (RGB) and after 45min to an hour of warming up and tweaking it was an unbelievable picture. Then a 300v DC rail shorted to some logic level stuff and it caught fire :(