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

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Post by lloeki »

kulahan wrote: post #35
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.

I’m pretty sure you can buy “industrial” TVs from standard vendors which might fit the bill for you. They’re much pricier though, if I’m remembering correctly.

No need to go digital signage: LG 48GQ900 is a 48" 120Hz 4K OLED monitor.

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

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Post by exe34 »

jorvi wrote: post #70
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…

To be honest, this is part of why TVs can be offered for so cheap these days. Same reason really cheap phones are stuffed with bloatware. Luckily with TVs you can freeload: just never connect it to the internet and only apply updates via USB. Stick an Apple TV / Chromecast / console into it for playback. This might even become standard operating procedure considering Samsung is getting into the ad game, and LG and So…

don't buy Chromecast, updates/resets will brick them.

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Post by exe34 »

NoMoreNicksLeft wrote: post #153
throwup238 wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t know how much longer that will be possible with how cheap 5G is getting. Sooner or later they’ll be able to install a $10 part and make a deal with wireless carriers as backhaul for unconnected TVs. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone has already made a deal with Spectrum or XFinity to use those open wifi networks that are open to customers via their account signin. The best solution is commercial displays but…

> I don’t know how much longer that will be possible with how cheap 5G is getting. Sooner or later they’ll be able to install a $10 part and make a deal with wireless carriers as backhaul for unconnected TVs. I had a really snarky reply to this, about how I'd just crack it open and remove the sim card, warranty be damned. Then I realized that even sim cards are going away, that's all done in software on the latest ph…

it has to have some kind of modem/antenna that you can cauterise.

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Post by devsda »

ikerino wrote: post #139

I regret giving my TV my Wi-Fi password. By default, it has some knock-off Alexa assistant that triggers a couple times a day, even when I'm sitting in silence. It also warns me it will auto-updates the software 1-2 times a month. My TV was perfect out of the box--it doesn't need an update. When I disable Wi-Fi, I get notifications that my TV is disconnected. Can't win.

We have ours connected but block all traffic to internet.

Have a dedicated AP just for the tv and it has only LAN access to stream content through dlna or mirror phone screen using miracast.

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

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Post by exe34 »

chrismorgan wrote: post #68
kulahan wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, looks like all they’re saying is that you can’t use scenic mode without ads. They even promise it won’t turn itself back on after an update, which is a surprising yet refreshing thing to see.

I simply don’t believe such a promise. Maybe that’s their intention now, but such companies subsequently change their minds all the time, and so not seem to feel any obligation to uphold former “promises”. They even have a habit of blatting miscellaneous user preferences in updates by accident just because they’re careless.

promises should come with contracts that they will pay you something like the median salary per year if they change their mind.

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Post by donnachangstein »

42772827 wrote: post #173
donnachangstein wrote: post #147

Am I the only one here that read the part where you can absolutely disable this? I don't understand the performative outrage. The TV has an ad-supported screen saver, which they claim is used to support free streaming content. You can disable the screen saver entirely. No, you cannot just disable the ads but keep the screen saver. What is the problem? Meanwhile half the posters here work for Google or other ad-survei…

>What is the problem? Consent. The user didn’t consent to the feature, and now is expected to opt-OUT

Unlikely. Every Smart TV I've used requires you to agree to a EULA before any "smart" features are available.

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Post by low_tech_love »

leereeves wrote: post #50
zoklet-enjoyer wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to feel bad for South Dakotans. Now I feel bad for all of us.

I feel like ads are taking over everything. I fear the world will soon resemble Minority Report. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXJ_obaiYQ

I wonder if there is any point where this just doesn’t pay anymore? Like, ads can’t be an infinite source of money right? I have no idea of the economy behind ads but could it be that these people could somehow be convinced that ads are a waste of money?

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Post by K0balt »

nightski wrote: post #12
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…

You can however turn scenic mode off which I would do immediately. That said, probably would never consider a Vizio tv.

It’s tempting sometimes. I recently bought a 43 inch 4K unit for 99 dollars, to use as a monitor for an Apple TV unit. I’m pretty sure it must be heavily subsidized. … but if it’s not, and tech has gotten that cheap, that’s actually pretty awesome! I’ve been working on a project with a hardware element and it is impressive how cheap commodity stuff can be when you buy it on the reel.

It never got hooked to the internet, and it never will. Hopefully network over hdmi doesn’t become a thing lol.

I am paranoid about these things starting to…(oh, wait, there is a great y combinator-able business idea in there that will make life suck a little bit more, never mind)

The inevitable wave of enshitification is real. We need to learn to surf.

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Post by lifestyleguru »

Once Mi smart TV in holiday rental I stayed switched on itself on early morning playing TV channel at high volume, interestingly web search specifically has results for "Mi smart TV switching on at 5am". The TV also had internal microphone and physical switch to toggle the microphone. It was literally Chinese invigilation device.

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Post by cma »

jorvi wrote: post #70
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…

To be honest, this is part of why TVs can be offered for so cheap these days. Same reason really cheap phones are stuffed with bloatware. Luckily with TVs you can freeload: just never connect it to the internet and only apply updates via USB. Stick an Apple TV / Chromecast / console into it for playback. This might even become standard operating procedure considering Samsung is getting into the ad game, and LG and So…

> Luckily with TVs you can freeload: just never connect it to the internet and only apply updates via USB. Stick an Apple TV / Chromecast / console into it for playback

With things like Amazon sidewalk, Samsung smartthings network, etc. it can still get data out

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