Is there a way to use my normal old samsung tv and my fire tv or android tv box to make it work like a smart t. like with the features like controlling the hdmi it’s on?
Is there a way to use my normal old samsung tv and my fire tv or android tv box to make it work like a smart t. like with the features like controlling the hdmi it’s on?
If I understand you correctly, I think the easiest solution for what you want would be to buy a remote with those features. I have a Harmony hub with remote, and it can control my Nvidia shield and all of the functions on my TV.
Many of the android tv boxes remotes can both power on the TV and change the input. For example the very inexpensive Walmart onn android box remote does this.
Isn't that what hdmi cec is for?
Fire TV has a great built-in wizard for connecting to a TV to do exactly what you want. I myself used it on my old dumb tv. Controlling power, HDMI input and volume is easy, changing channels if you have a antenna hooked up, not so much. At least that was my experience.
As long as your dumb TV supports HDMI -CEC, it'll be fine. My old VIZIO does.