🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 days agoAnon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square190fedilinkarrow-up1688arrow-down17
arrow-up1681arrow-down1external-linkAnon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 days agomessage-square190fedilink
minus-squareZacryon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·22 hours agoI’ve read at some other post that some smart TVs won’t work at all if you don’t connect it to the internet. Read with caution, I haven’t verified this.
minus-squareActers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoAmazon fire TV requires an Amazon account to use basic features and they intentionally tell you they lock “certain” features
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoSome of them use wifi for the remote too.
minus-squarewinkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 hours agoBack to the store it goes then
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 hours agoI’ve also heard people say that they’ll automatically connect to any open wifi networks. People make up a lot of stuff. Just don’t tell your display device how to send any 1s or 0s to any server outside your home, and you’ll be fine
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoIndeed, I remember people complaining about Roku for that. My TLC hasn’t done so up until now.
I’ve read at some other post that some smart TVs won’t work at all if you don’t connect it to the internet.
Read with caution, I haven’t verified this.
Amazon fire TV requires an Amazon account to use basic features and they intentionally tell you they lock “certain” features
Some of them use wifi for the remote too.
Back to the store it goes then
I’ve also heard people say that they’ll automatically connect to any open wifi networks. People make up a lot of stuff. Just don’t tell your display device how to send any 1s or 0s to any server outside your home, and you’ll be fine
Indeed, I remember people complaining about Roku for that.
My TLC hasn’t done so up until now.
Like those single player games…