rule #1 of connected TV: NO connection

Those numbers may be a little higher because you are block listing them. When it is unsuccessful, it keeps trying. Still crazy though. Have you tried simply disconnecting from your network and turning off the WiFi? I blocked mine entirely through my router and then turned off the WiFi at the TV. My overall PiHole block rate dropped significantly after that.

I have a LG soundbar that is connected to WiFi (for AirPlay) but has been blocked at the router level since we bought it. It has been here for years and has never stopped screaming into the void. Hundreds of times per day.

Incredible to see them thinking they have any deniability.

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Samsung does not fall back, my tv it is by far the device that makes more dns requests ar home

I can only recommend everybody that has the option for it to run adguard home as a DNS server.

It if you already have a PiHole that can do the same trick. Adguard has support for all DNS protocols and forces itself into windows and android via DoH and DoQuick.

A friend of mine maintains a list of blocklist here: https://github.com/ppfeufer/adguard-filter-list

Gotta pull that wifi mobile out.

I think it's time ya'll start reading books again. TV sucks anyways.

My LGTV from 2008 still works. I'm not sure that it knows what the internet is.

If you blacklisted the IPs, most of those are probably retries.

Can a pi Hole fix this? Using a Samsung smart TV

This is not an acurste way to see howvmany requests go out. Since it is blocked it well keep trying since it thinks there is something wrong.

Rule 0: don't get any TV. Just get a office projector, paint your wall white or get a white cloth, get some nice sounding speakers and plug your PC to it.

When im forced to buy a new TV, I will make sure it works with no network connection at all, or I'm not buying it.

I use NextDNS on my other devices but not on the LG untill now and we use it only for regular tv channels and a android mediabox via hdmi ...

Does it help if I put Nextdns on all of them or apps like Netguard? And then block stuff?

Can't you just block the MAC address in your router? Or does the family like to use the built in apps?