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Samsung Busted for Cheating TV Test Benchmarks

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Post by ThePowerOfFuet »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #184
effingwewt wrote: post #152

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Sub zero will last you as long as all 4 of those new ones combined, and thus are worth the hefty price. The only good (read- meant to last) fridges are older ones. Same for washers and dryers, can't tell you how many times someone would get a new set, sell or donate their old ones, and get pissed when one or both stop working and require extensive repairs within the first few months. Costco, Home Depot, Lowes, Urners…

> Sub zero will last you as long as all 4 of those new ones combined, and thus are worth the hefty price. I always buy from Costco so that would have to be 16 years. I would rather invest the difference in cost and keep buying new every 4 years.

> I would rather invest the difference in cost and keep buying new every 4 years.

So much for the environmental impact of that production and shipping...

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Post by deadbunny »

livueta wrote: post #58
DiggyJohnson wrote: post #47

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What would be the proper way to test this? Wireless networking is something I usually avoid in a technical capacity, but this seems like something worth messing around with (and reporting back on).

Should be a fairly straightforward bit of airodump. Even if you don't capture the handshake, you can cross-reference the macs of stations associated with the AP of interest against the mac of your device. If the mac is randomized to a sufficient degree that you can't cross-reference it I guess you'd need to capture the association, but that shouldn't be a problem if you can turn the tv off/on and it does the thing co…

Even easier than that, set up an open WiFi network, see if the TV connects to it. Super easy for anyone that claims TVs are doing this to do.

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Post by robbiep »

bluejekyll wrote: post #72
robbiep wrote: post #66

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It took me a little while (and it seems like they managed to add some more domains at one point) but I’ve successfully blocked all outgoing connections from my TV and removed the ads

Why have the TV on the network at all?

I’ve got a Samsung frame… and you need the net to get the picture screen going … ! Which I quite like as a feature. Even though I put all our digital tv through an Apple TV.

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Post by abenga »

lern_too_spel wrote: post #44
CoastalCoder wrote: post #39

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Many of us share your distaste for the issues your mentioned. The challenge is finding better alternatives. Do you have any recommendations?

LG makea better TVs, appliances, phones, everything.

I blacklisted LG from my life after my Nexus 5X bricked itself a couple of weeks after I bought it. I usually recommend Sony for TVs, have had a couple over the last 10 years. Good displays, running standard Android, and doesn't (seem to) have ads or any malicious telemetry so far.

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Post by onionisafruit »

waiwai933 wrote: post #23
onionisafruit wrote: post #10

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Just poke around rtings.com and you’ll see the difference. It reminds me a bit of what wirecutter was in it’s pre-nyt days before it became a click generator.

I have done in the past, but I'm not sure what to make of the differences - let's take wireless keyboards as I'm currently thinking about getting one. If we look at Rtings[1], the first one it recommends is the Logitech MX Keys. On the Wirecutter[2], it first recommends the Logitech K380. To be clear, I've only skimmed both reviews right now. Both go on to recommend the other's first choice as a good alternative pick…

I see where you are coming from. Sometimes I feel the same as you where I just want somebody to give me a recommendation and a few pros and cons. Other times I want to deep dive into the review. I think it boils down to how big of a commitment the purchase is.
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