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    Buying a Dumb Smart TV in 2025

When shopping for a new TV recently, I wanted something inexpensive but not full of ads.  Enter one of the greatest features of the modern era, "basic tv mode" on Google TV platform:

https://9to5google.com/2021/02/24/google-tv-basic-tv-mode/
https://support.google.com/googletv/answer/10408998

I purchased a TCL QM7, but presumably all Google TVs are similar: it prompts to configure "Google TV" or "Basic TV" mode on startup.  After confirming that Google TV mode resembles the interface from Idiocracy, I factory reset and chose basic mode.  The result is a streamlined Android interface with a few preinstalled apps (YouTube, Netflix, etc.) that aren't much of a bother if you just want to select HDMI inputs and call it a day.
Note that basic mode still forces you to agree to some terms before using the TV, just not as many as Google TV mode. The TV also has a microphone, but it can be disabled via a toggle switch on the bottom.

  
## mkteslaemmcimg.sh
#!/bin/bash
#
# Create a 8GB eMMC image for Tesla Model S/X MCU1
#
# Example usage: ./mkteslaemmcimg.sh ./vinXXXXX.img ./develop-2019.20.2.1-16-5659e07dfd.img
#
set -e

FIRMWARE=$2
IMAGE=$1
	#!/bin/bash
	#
	# Create a 8GB eMMC image for Tesla Model S/X MCU1
	#
	# Example usage: ./mkteslaemmcimg.sh ./vinXXXXX.img ./develop-2019.20.2.1-16-5659e07dfd.img
	#
	set -e

	FIRMWARE=$2
	IMAGE=$1