LTT reviewed a Roku one like that recently and for some reason didn’t recommend immediately binning it.
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lemann@lemmy.one 11 months agoNewer “smart” sets, particularly from Vizio and a couple other brands, will not let you exit the setup or use the inputs without an internet connection
planish@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
BigT54@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wow, I would immediately return any TV that pulled that bs. I have used Sony TV’s for a very long time and have never encountered this issue, I even bought a new one in summer 2022 and it did not require Internet connection to function.