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Re: Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African warehouse

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Post by zepearl »

HelloMcFly wrote: post #687
zepearl wrote: post #389

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It's switched on after powering up the TV, but then I just press twice the down-arrow on the remote and then the cursor disappears and appears only if I use the scroll wheel (which I never do)... .

Really? For the the cursor appears every single time I touch the remote . There is no disabling it.

Ok, I just doublechecked and I must state that the cursor does appear again if I shake violently the remote (never noticed this since I bought the TV hehe) - if I just move it, put it into my pocket and run with it etc... it does not appear. (btw my TV model is "OLED55C6V", not sure if it's relevant, just fyi)

Maybe it's a matter about setting the cursor "sensitivity" (or something similar)? In the "[TV options] -> Accessibility -> Pointer Options -> Tracking speed" mine is currently set to "slow". I did set it to "high" but in my case it did not make any difference (once I pushed twice the down/up arrow keys it did not reappear unless I actively shaked the remote)... :(

I did install all SW-updates that were available so far for that TV, but I had the same behaviour already in its original "unboxed" state... .

Re: Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African warehouse

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Post by scns »

gruez wrote: post #256
scns wrote: post #156

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Hm, don't want to side with with Gigabyte here, but drawing a conclusion from a test of a PSU enduring 120% load for an extended period of time failing would not make me dismiss all their products.

>from a test of a PSU enduring 120% load for an extended period of time failing That's from gigabyte's response, not the accusations levied against them. In GN's testing, they found that the PSU failed at 60% load after 72 hours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aACtT_rzToI&t=1427s

Well, that is definetly not okay. Would never consider buying something else than a motherboard from gigabyte, but i prefer Asus anyway.

Re: Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African warehouse

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Post by [deleted] »

walrus01 wrote: post #214
wait_a_minute wrote: post #36

I bought one of Samsung's smart televisions a couple years ago. I think I paid $1500 for it. Anyway, it started showing me ads and the TV eventually became sluggish less than a month after owning it. Returned it as defective. Ever since that experience, I swore of all smart televisions and will never buy another Samsung television or smartphone again if I can help it.

I bought a high-end Samsung smart TV in 2017 and simply never gave it the wifi password and never connected it to ethernet. I use it as a dumb screen connected to two consoles and a living room PC for movies. Thankfully we're not yet at the point where my xbox one or PS4 will give it a DHCP lease, NAT and default route/gateway outbound and 100Mbps ethernet over the HDMI cable .

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Re: Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African warehouse

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Post by zucker42 »

the_biot wrote: post #614
zucker42 wrote: post #393

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Few people feel strongly that a chip running Linux makes a TV worse. What they object to is when the manufacturer controls the TV rather than the owner of the TV. Modern smart TVs override the users' desired by, for example, showing ads. It's even possible these chips will eventually be responsible for copyright verification. This would be fixed if it was possible to modify the chip's software and easy to install alt…

There's a very real opportunity here for an open source project that takes on the task of doing an alternate kernel/distribution/applications for smart TVs. Big job, and likely to take a while before getting caught up with newer SoCs etc. But it's totally doable -- it worked for e.g. OpenWRT on SOHO routers, sat receivers, etc. (what is an OS bulb?)

The main issue that an open source smart TV software distribution would face is DRM.

Re: Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African warehouse

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Post by throaway46546 »

touisteur wrote: post #622
throaway46546 wrote: post #599

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I removed the WiFi card from mine.

Do you remember which model it was and the format of the card? M.2? Card-express?

Sorry for the late response. I don't check this account every day. It isn't my main TV it is a TCL 49S405. It wasn't any form factor I recognize. I looked up the replacement part and found an image.

https://i.imgur.com/FlbKQEu.jpg

It was super trivial to remove. There is actually a removable panel on the back of the TV that lets you access it. Once I saw the antenna connector I knew what it was.

Re: Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African warehouse

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Post by touisteur »

throaway46546 wrote: post #725
touisteur wrote: post #622

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Do you remember which model it was and the format of the card? M.2? Card-express?

Sorry for the late response. I don't check this account every day. It isn't my main TV it is a TCL 49S405. It wasn't any form factor I recognize. I looked up the replacement part and found an image. https://i.imgur.com/FlbKQEu.jpg It was super trivial to remove. There is actually a removable panel on the back of the TV that lets you access it. Once I saw the antenna connector I knew what it was.

Hey, no big deal. Thanks a lot for coming back and even posting a picture. Now I know what to look for. Didn't even think they'd have the wifi as an separate module, what with integration these days.

Re: Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African warehouse

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Post by idonotknowwhy »

hulitu wrote: post #674
idonotknowwhy wrote: post #554

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I watch Netflix on a CRT TV in 2021 lol. Hook up a ps3 via component and it's a great way to watch older 4:3 content like anime

Are there any conpanies which sell CRTs TV?

Not any more, and they can't now (regulations about lead, etc). You can only buy them on the second hand market or find them on the side of the road.
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