I’m thinking about getting a larger television, as what I have is a bit too small for the living room. I have an inexpensive soundbar that mostly works, but doesn’t always turn on with CEC, and occasionally stops passing the video signal through and needs to be power-cycled.
Are there any TVs and soundbars out there that can integrate with Home Assistant, and don’t need a cloud connection at all? (Not even for initial setup.) I was about to buy a Sonos soundbar when they were on sale last month, but discovered that you don’t actually own Sonos devices, since setup is locked behind a cloud account and the company could change the terms of access at its whim.
I’ve read encouraging things about the Sony Bravia devices, and the manuals seem to say that you can set them up entirely locally (although some features are cloud-only). Is this still the case?


It might not be the answer your asking/looking for.
But I have an LG TV (with LG soundbar), but I have it on a seperated Vlan, so it can’t connect to the internet. But it still allows me to read the on/off state and send Wake On LAN packages. And this is good enough for me
Streaming with Music Assistant to the sound bar also still works
That’s exactly what I need to know. Thanks!