I haven’t bought a TV in a decade. What kind of setup is required? Why would it need internet access for that?
Shoogle@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I had a 65" Hisense TV for just over a year, and a firmware update bricked it. It was stone dead, and Hisense wouldn’t even try to repair it. So I spent a little extra money and got a Samsung instead. And once it was set up, I turned off its wifi…just in case.
Hisense can eat a bag o’ dicks.
TheFinn@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Shoogle@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I don’t think internet was required for setup, but in each case I did want to get the latest firmware in case there were fixes to the UI or whatever. But I never use the built-in apps or anything, I have a media box for that stuff.
scala@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
LG work out the box without internet.
bzLem0n@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I let my Vizio TV connect for firmware updates as it has an issue that they’ve improved but I immediately turn off wifi and wipe the connection details right after.
ShankShill@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
My first 4K TV was a Samsung. The last update broke eARC making the Samsung home theater in a box thing I had much more inconvenient.
My 2nd (free in a raffle) Samsung 4K TV connected to my WiFi without a password when a guest in the house casted a video to it despite on setup refusing to consent to any web things due to privacy concerns. Kinda interesting and concerning.
Shoogle@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Yikes… I’m definitely not turning the wifi back on after reading that!