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Samsung Q990D unresponsive after 1020 firmware update

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Re: Samsung Q990D unresponsive after 1020 firmware update

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Post by baxuz »

account42 wrote: post #564
bowmessage wrote: post #460

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Wow, thank you, that is amazing news. Can I ask how you found this fix? I turned up nothing after scouring reddit on this one for a long time. EDIT: just checked, my router doesn't even support WPA3... I think it's typically the 5GHz network that upsets it, but I suppose I'll just continue resetting it for now.

Why connect the sound bar to the Wifi at all???

Because I want to listen to Tidal on full quality and control playback via my phone. Bluetooth quality is garbage.

I don't want to turn on my TV to listen to music (and Tizen only allows up to a certain quality), or use my nvidia shield, as it also turns on the TV via CEC.

Other platforms also don't support full quality like FLAC or Atmos mixes.

Re: Samsung Q990D unresponsive after 1020 firmware update

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Post by baxuz »

ncr100 wrote: post #472
baxuz wrote: post #197

I got a good deal for an S90C + Q990C combo. It was 50% off off their regular price which was already quite a bit cheaper than the comparable LG/Sony counterparts. After 1 year, I am 100% sure that I will never again buy a Samsung product, no matter how cheap it is. Just look at the first sticky here: https://www.avsforum.com/threads/2023-samsung-4k-s95c-s90c-s...

Ah, well, the S95D on the other hand ......... uh. I got one hoping it works be great but they add bugs to each release. The video decoding macro blocks around dark objects at certain illuminations. The TV complains it's running out of space (wth) after I installed only 6 TV streaming apps. 4gb of storage is the cause and when it gets to 1gb it complains, daily. It makes power on off sounds, "bling", when off, and wh…

I mean it's all the same garbage. LG and Sony is where it's at.

I'm planning on selling mine as soon as possible, as I can't stand the judder on 24fps content as well.

Not to mention other quirks like limited passthrough support

Re: Samsung Q990D unresponsive after 1020 firmware update

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Post by mistercheph »

ed_mercer wrote: post #401
jimt1234 wrote: post #116

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I drive a 30-year-old Nissan pickup truck for this exact reason. Not sure why, but I get a small sense of joy knowing that the corporate overlords aren't "watching" me drive. Of course they're "watching" me on my phone (as I drive the beater truck), but that's a different story.

That old truck is probably polluting 10-30× more than a modern one. While corporations have their flaws, they have spent time and money making engines more efficient and reducing harmful emissions.

https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymodel/1994_nissan_truck.sh... https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymodel/2024_Nissan_Frontier...

Re: Samsung Q990D unresponsive after 1020 firmware update

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Post by aucisson_masque »

reverendsteveii wrote: post #568
aucisson_masque wrote: post #513

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I don't believe this. In France, we have mandatory car checkup every few years where they test the pollution from the back of the car. My old car, made in early 90 barely emitted more pollutant than regulation allow. Ended up buying a Volkswagen Passat, very impressive it emitted a lot less. Then dieselgate happened... Now it's barely under what the regulation allow. Keep your old polluting car, in the grand scheme o…

your theory assumes that everyone is lying about their emissions and then later assumes that your old car is not, in fact, lying about emissions. also that you can just keep an old car running indefinitely on a limited budget.

there wasn't much pressure from regulation to have low pollution emissions in car during the early 1990, beside the car i'm speaking about, a golf 2, has such a small diesel engine that it makes sense it would pollute very little compared to the much heavier and much more powerful passat (at least compared to the whooping 50 horse power the golf had !).

i can still remember avoiding road too steep lol.

Beside, when i am saying that keeping the older car is better for environment, i am not theorizing but speaking about things that have been studied.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095965262...

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.13190

> Specifically, researchers find keeping older fuel efficient cars on the road longer reduces CO2 emissions significantly more than speeding up the global transition to green technology.

Re: Samsung Q990D unresponsive after 1020 firmware update

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Post by SR2Z »

notimetorelax wrote: post #457
SR2Z wrote: post #393

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> so as to better prepare for the class-action lawsuit. I 100% guarantee everyone who uses one of these was railroaded into mandatory arbitration.

AFAIK class action cases are cheaper for corporations than thousands of arbitrations.

This is true! Funnily enough, mandatory individual arbitration can and does backfire on companies: https://www.levernews.com/how-corporate-americas-favorite-le...

Re: Samsung Q990D unresponsive after 1020 firmware update

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Post by bobdvb »

londons_explore wrote: post #450
Hackbraten wrote: post #281

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Certificates expire.

I think there is a strong argument to simply not checking certificate expiry dates in embedded hardware. Just keep using the expired certificate forever. Sure - that means if someone leaks the private key that everyone worldwide needs to do a firmware update to get security. But that's probably less user harm than everyone worldwide needing to do a firmware update to replace an expired cert, and having a dead device…

1) You can't pass a PCI-DSS audit if you have expired certificates. 2) You can't always tell the CDN providers what to do with certs. 3) We've seen examples of new root certificates that mean devices don't know about things like LetsEncrypt

Re: Samsung Q990D unresponsive after 1020 firmware update

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Post by ashoeafoot »

worewood wrote: post #486
kalleboo wrote: post #477

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* Resolves Bluetooth security issues (17 October 2024) * Enhances the security features of the system software * Improves Bluetooth connection stability * Improves the hands-free calling quality * Fixes an issue where the headphones cannot be paired on a Windows computer * Fixes an issue where, when there are 2 Bluetooth devices connected at the same time, the connected devices repeatedly disconnect and reconnect * I…

Only 5th and 6th to be believed. Every time a manufacturer says vague descriptions like "security" or "performance" fixes, be wary - they probably removing perfectly working functionality for "reasons". If it was something that really added value to the user they would mention it specifically (like on the 5th and 6th items). I have a Dell laptop that mentioned such vague "improvements". After updating the firmware I…

updates are malware

Re: Samsung Q990D unresponsive after 1020 firmware update

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Post by basch »

0x457 wrote: post #192
basch wrote: post #140

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Maybe a new codec? New streaming app support? New wireless protocol? CEC bugfix?

Yes, all of those are in the realm of possibilities, but has it ever been the norm? In my experience, products like this are only get updates when the company finds a way to extract more money: - add more ads - add more ads that pretend not to be ads - to remove functionality, so it won't cannibalize sales of more expensive product

I had a Yamaha that had a dtsx firmware addition upgrade after it shipped. Not sure if it wasnt ready at product ship, or some way to avoid licensing fees, but I dont know how they would track who upgraded as it wasnt network enabled.

Sennheiser Max has a full computer and os running inside, they can upgrade it quite a bit. Biggest limitation on the device is HDMI 2.0 preventing 20gbps video passthrough of hdmi 2.1, however they should be able to add new audio codecs.

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