Using smart tv in unsmart mode

littlerock

Urgently need a new tv and they all seem to be smart tvs. Our son is pressing me to get one and he will set it up connected to our home router.

The thing is the signal is not good in our house and it would involve moving the router from our home office and other stuff and I really do not have the time for the upheaval at present.

Is it possible to buy a new smart tv and then just connect it up to existing Virgin Media v+ box until we are ready for more radical changes?

[Deleted User]

Yes, my parents have done exactly this.

thescouselander

Yes, it shouldn't be a problem, the smart features will stop working after about 12 months anyway as the TV manufacturers don't bother to issue updates for old models.

If you do want to hook the TV up a pair of home plugs are an easy way to do it without having to move the router.

Lumstorm

Just don't connect it to the internet I have a smart TV that's not connected as I use a Roku box for online services instead.

JJ_Egan

As above but their is smart TV and hardly smart at all TV .
Panasonic have built in Freeview Play scroll back 7 days viewing .Thats one smart thats not going away .

Signal as said home plugs or run an ethernet cable to the TV .

flashg67

thescouselander wrote: »

Yes, it shouldn't be a problem, the smart features will stop working after about 12 months anyway as the TV manufacturers don't bother to issue updates for old models.

Had a bad experience have we? Not found that to be the case with my LG - 2014 model still getting app updates....

baza52

its possible a new smart TV will have built in wifi. My Samsung does and its a couple of years old.
If so there's no need to run an Ethernet cable from the router

dipsomaniac

littlerock wrote: »

Urgently need a new tv and they all seem to be smart tvs.

plenty of dumb tv's out there. i would rather keep tv as a display and attach a smart box to it

baza52

dipsomaniac wrote: »

plenty of dumb tv's out there. i would rather keep tv as a display and attach a smart box to it

that's not very smart

DCFC79

baza52 wrote: »

its possible a new smart TV will have built in wifi. My Samsung does and its a couple of years old.
If so there's no need to run an Ethernet cable from the router

Except the OP has stated the wifi signal is weak and doesn't want the upheaval of it.

Home plugs are a solution, no upheaval involved.

Norman_Castle

littlerock wrote: »

The thing is the signal is not good in our house and it would involve moving the router from our home office and other stuff and I really do not have the time for the upheaval at present.

Changing the wifi channel and moving the router around the room to the extent of its cable shouldn't take long and is worth trying.