Comment on Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months agoWould it even be possible to run a new “smart” TV as a dumb monitor?
Never connecting the TV to the internet and never updating the firmware usually works. If they are determined to show you ads, they may not let you use the TV without an internet connection though. I would suggest that you avoid buying a roku TV.
ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Okay but they can also mesh the TVs with your neighbour’s tv of the same brand so that if your neighbour’s TV has internet, your TV can leapfrog onto his tv to download the ads
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Open the TV, find the antenna, desolder it and replace it with a 50 ohm resistor. Now the WiFI will no longer have enough range to connect to your neighbors.
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You’re hired!