🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 个月前Anon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square225fedilinkarrow-up1765arrow-down18
arrow-up1757arrow-down1imageAnon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 个月前message-square225fedilink
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up75·2 个月前First rule of smart TVs: if you really have to buy a smart TV, then never connect it to the internet!
minus-squareZacryon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·2 个月前I’ve read at some other post that some smart TVs won’t work at all if you don’t connect it to the internet. Read with caution, I haven’t verified this.
minus-squarewinkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 个月前Back to the store it goes then
minus-squareActers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 个月前Amazon fire TV requires an Amazon account to use basic features and they intentionally tell you they lock “certain” features
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 个月前I’ve also heard people say that they’ll automatically connect to any open wifi networks. People make up a lot of stuff. Just don’t tell your display device how to send any 1s or 0s to any server outside your home, and you’ll be fine
minus-squareowl@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 个月前Imagine if they came with default ads prebundled in the firmware.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 个月前Some of them use wifi for the remote too.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 个月前Indeed, I remember people complaining about Roku for that. My TLC hasn’t done so up until now.
minus-squareJovialMicrobial@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·2 个月前I lobotomized our TV after making the mistake of connecting it to the internet when we first got it. The ads slowed down the menu to switch sources so much it actually angered me. No more internet for you, you get to be a dumb tv forever now.
First rule of smart TVs: if you really have to buy a smart TV, then never connect it to the internet!
I’ve read at some other post that some smart TVs won’t work at all if you don’t connect it to the internet.
Read with caution, I haven’t verified this.
Back to the store it goes then
Amazon fire TV requires an Amazon account to use basic features and they intentionally tell you they lock “certain” features
That should be illegal…
I’ve also heard people say that they’ll automatically connect to any open wifi networks. People make up a lot of stuff. Just don’t tell your display device how to send any 1s or 0s to any server outside your home, and you’ll be fine
Imagine if they came with default ads prebundled in the firmware.
Some of them use wifi for the remote too.
Like those single player games…
Indeed, I remember people complaining about Roku for that.
My TLC hasn’t done so up until now.
I lobotomized our TV after making the mistake of connecting it to the internet when we first got it.
The ads slowed down the menu to switch sources so much it actually angered me. No more internet for you, you get to be a dumb tv forever now.