▲ 749 ▼ The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K (arstechnica.com) submitted 9 months ago by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 334 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (8 children) Just don't give the TV your wifi password, boom dumb TV. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago (7 children) That won't save you anymore. My boss bought a smallish smart TV in contravention of my explicit instructions for use as a CCTV monitor because it was "cheap." It nags you on power up with a popup whining about not being able to access the internet, and if you don't feed it your Wifi password it will subsequently display that same popup every 30 minutes or so requiring you to dismiss it again. And again. And again. Apparently the play is to just annoy you into caving and letting it access your network. Instead I packed it up and returned it. Fuck that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] tyler@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago (6 children) If you are at a business you should have an access point or router that is capable of blocking specific devices from WAN access. But I would create a new segmented network, block that network from WAN access entirely, put it on its own VLAN, and then connect the TV to that network. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago (5 children) I'd assume it nags whenever it can't connect to the home server, and just says "network". So when they go out of business any remaining units will nag forever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago (4 children) You can use your router or access point tools to check what address it’s trying to resolve and then set up a redirect to a device that can respond with a fake response. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago I'm not going through all that BS just to reward the manufacturer with a sale. It went back, fuck 'em, and I replaced it with a normal cheap computer monitor which is what I told him to buy in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 5 points 9 months ago At that point, you've put multiple man-hours into analyzing the response required to placate it, and it isn't a "cheap" device anymore. Easier to return it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Unless they require a digital signature permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago Depends on the signature. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago (7 children) That won't save you anymore. My boss bought a smallish smart TV in contravention of my explicit instructions for use as a CCTV monitor because it was "cheap." It nags you on power up with a popup whining about not being able to access the internet, and if you don't feed it your Wifi password it will subsequently display that same popup every 30 minutes or so requiring you to dismiss it again. And again. And again. Apparently the play is to just annoy you into caving and letting it access your network. Instead I packed it up and returned it. Fuck that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] tyler@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago (6 children) If you are at a business you should have an access point or router that is capable of blocking specific devices from WAN access. But I would create a new segmented network, block that network from WAN access entirely, put it on its own VLAN, and then connect the TV to that network. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago (5 children) I'd assume it nags whenever it can't connect to the home server, and just says "network". So when they go out of business any remaining units will nag forever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago (4 children) You can use your router or access point tools to check what address it’s trying to resolve and then set up a redirect to a device that can respond with a fake response. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago I'm not going through all that BS just to reward the manufacturer with a sale. It went back, fuck 'em, and I replaced it with a normal cheap computer monitor which is what I told him to buy in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 5 points 9 months ago At that point, you've put multiple man-hours into analyzing the response required to placate it, and it isn't a "cheap" device anymore. Easier to return it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Unless they require a digital signature permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago Depends on the signature. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tyler@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago (6 children) If you are at a business you should have an access point or router that is capable of blocking specific devices from WAN access. But I would create a new segmented network, block that network from WAN access entirely, put it on its own VLAN, and then connect the TV to that network. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago (5 children) I'd assume it nags whenever it can't connect to the home server, and just says "network". So when they go out of business any remaining units will nag forever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago (4 children) You can use your router or access point tools to check what address it’s trying to resolve and then set up a redirect to a device that can respond with a fake response. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago I'm not going through all that BS just to reward the manufacturer with a sale. It went back, fuck 'em, and I replaced it with a normal cheap computer monitor which is what I told him to buy in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 5 points 9 months ago At that point, you've put multiple man-hours into analyzing the response required to placate it, and it isn't a "cheap" device anymore. Easier to return it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Unless they require a digital signature permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago Depends on the signature. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago (5 children) I'd assume it nags whenever it can't connect to the home server, and just says "network". So when they go out of business any remaining units will nag forever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago (4 children) You can use your router or access point tools to check what address it’s trying to resolve and then set up a redirect to a device that can respond with a fake response. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago I'm not going through all that BS just to reward the manufacturer with a sale. It went back, fuck 'em, and I replaced it with a normal cheap computer monitor which is what I told him to buy in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 5 points 9 months ago At that point, you've put multiple man-hours into analyzing the response required to placate it, and it isn't a "cheap" device anymore. Easier to return it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Unless they require a digital signature permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago Depends on the signature. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago (4 children) You can use your router or access point tools to check what address it’s trying to resolve and then set up a redirect to a device that can respond with a fake response. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago I'm not going through all that BS just to reward the manufacturer with a sale. It went back, fuck 'em, and I replaced it with a normal cheap computer monitor which is what I told him to buy in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 5 points 9 months ago At that point, you've put multiple man-hours into analyzing the response required to placate it, and it isn't a "cheap" device anymore. Easier to return it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Unless they require a digital signature permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago Depends on the signature. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago I'm not going through all that BS just to reward the manufacturer with a sale. It went back, fuck 'em, and I replaced it with a normal cheap computer monitor which is what I told him to buy in the first place. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 5 points 9 months ago At that point, you've put multiple man-hours into analyzing the response required to placate it, and it isn't a "cheap" device anymore. Easier to return it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) Unless they require a digital signature permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago Depends on the signature. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tyler@programming.dev 0 points 9 months ago Depends on the signature. permalink fedilink source parent