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My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. What happened?

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Re: My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. What happened?

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Post by thakoppno »

someonehere wrote: post #25

Before anyone asks, you can buy a TV that’s dumb. Look on Sony or Samsung or business kiosk TVs. I bought some Sony kiosk TVs for conference rooms when building out an office ones. They can be left on forever have the same great quality and cost a little bit more. But they’re dumb in the end and they turn on fast.

Sony and Samsung were the two TV manufacturers that first introduced this technology of automatic content recognition to my knowledge.

Re: My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. What happened?

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Post by paradite »

You can turn it off. This is just a poorly worded FAQ.

At the beginning, there is an FAQ that says you can't turn off ads in scenic mode.

  Q: Can I turn Scenic Mode ads off?
  A: No, not at this time...
But in fact you can turn the Scenic mode off completely, but it buried later in the content of an FAQ about settings.

  Q: Can I change any settings for Scenic Mode?
  A: Yes. To use Scenic Mode with or without volume, navigate to the left side menu on the VIZIO Home screen, click Settings > Extras > Home Page Settings > Scenic Mode. Once you’re in the Scenic Mode section of Settings, scroll down and select either Volume On or Volume Off. You will see a checkmark appear, noting that you’ve correctly selected your setting. If you want to turn off Scenic Mode completely, follow the same instructions to get to the Scenic Mode section of Settings and select Disable.

Re: My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. What happened?

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Post by radicality »

mlinhares wrote: post #14
pmags wrote: post #2

I seem to recall that Vizio was added to my "do not buy" list quite a long time ago, when it turned out they were monitoring your watching habit ( https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/7/14527360/vizio-smart-tv-tr... ). This seems to be more of the same I guess. Choice text from the link above: Q: Why did I see an ad in Scenic Mode? A: After Scenic Mode launches to full screen, you may see ads. We offer free, scenic conten…

All TVs at home are blocked by MAC on the wifi router, so there's definitely a way to turn off this bullshit.

Probably better to put in a separate restricted vlan. Who knows, maybe one day some piece of firmware code will kick in to start rotating MACs to lie who the device is to get a connection.

Re: My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. What happened?

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Post by nozzlegear »

alemanek wrote: post #52
3eb7988a1663 wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe a Roku does the same kind of TV fingerprinting, and probably so do the other streaming hardware devices. So, not sure there is any relief anywhere? You can run your own linux HPC, but those get locked to 720p quality.

Apple TV is pretty good and not very pricey. It’s a good value

Apple TV has to be one of my favorite purchases over the last five years. It just does what it says on the tin and gets the hell out of the way otherwise. I've bought three of them and disconnected all our tvs from wifi in favor of using these devices.

Re: My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. What happened?

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Post by yaur »

gruez wrote: post #43
reactordev wrote: post #11

I refuse to buy any “smart tv”. If that means going without a TV, then I’m going without one and will use the largest monitor I can use with a small beelink Linux box. We’re prey for their bottom line as they can’t sell TV’s for a profit without running ads all over it. I’m done. I’m out. Back to books, vinyl, fresh press, gnu, board games, and going outside.

Why not buy a smart TV and don't connect it to wifi?

After a house guest decided to accept the EULA and connect my smart tv to the internet it took me years to figure out how to get it to function without being connected to the internet.

Re: My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. What happened?

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Post by 42772827 »

paradite wrote: post #73

You can turn it off. This is just a poorly worded FAQ. At the beginning, there is an FAQ that says you can't turn off ads in scenic mode. Q: Can I turn Scenic Mode ads off? A: No, not at this time... But in fact you can turn the Scenic mode off completely, but it buried later in the content of an FAQ about settings. Q: Can I change any settings for Scenic Mode? A: Yes. To use Scenic Mode with or without volume, navig…

"Poorly worded" makes it sound like incompetence. This was deceptively worded.
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