It’s so hard to find a stupid TV nowadays but so better to use one.#tech #privacy #advertisingRoku Smart TV: Roku’s idea of showing ads on your HDMI inputs seems like an inevitable hellhttps://www.theverge.com/2024/4/5/24121958/roku-ads-tv-hdmi-inputs-...
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ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊replied to Lee Fife - old account on last edited by
The newest Roku TV I set up for my mom didn’t seem to want to work at all without being connected to the internet (even the OTA channel tuner). It was fine because she wanted it that way, but it was weird.
I just looked it up and figured out why
(from Roku’s website)
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Lee Fife - old accountreplied to ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊 on last edited by
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@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] yup that's exactly the sort of insidious behaviour I'd look out for.
TVs that don't let you use physical ports unless WiFi is enabled. Like, I'd go as far as ripping out the wifi chip, but I'd rather just buy a panel without one (and the accompanying software) to begin with
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FurballsNHairballsreplied to ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊 on last edited by
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ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊replied to FurballsNHairballs on last edited by [email protected]
True, it’s a firmware update and you have to register the TV with Roku to get it to work.
The point I was making was the Roku TVs are different from many other smart TVs I knew (from a few years back, anyway) that included the “smart” internet-required features more on the side and optional. One can’t even initialize the Roku TV without first connecting it to the internet and registering it w/ an online Roku acct
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ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊replied to ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊 on last edited by
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ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊replied to Chancerubbage on last edited by
Yes, with wi-fi direct
What is DIRECT-Roku-XXXX SSID and how to turn it off - Dignited
Roku uses WiFi direct in a feature called "device connect" to communicate with other devices such as the roku remote, speakers and smartphones.
Dignited (www.dignited.com)
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That is true. But first, you must initially set up the newer Roku TVs using the internet.
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Not necessarily. I can bypass the internet completely to set many of them up to do basic things like OTA scan and use the HDMI ports. Not with the new Roku TV, though (at least not initially). It requires hooking up to the internet to initialize and use the TV at all.
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@downriver
That's a good thing. I wish the TVs were all like that. I had the experience w/ the newer Roku TVs requiring an internet connection to initialize when I set them up for my mom recently.