🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 24 days agoAnon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up1738arrow-down17
arrow-up1731arrow-down1external-linkAnon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 24 days agomessage-square221fedilink
minus-squareZacryon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·24 days 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-squarewinkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 days agoBack to the store it goes then
minus-squareActers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·23 days agoAmazon fire TV requires an Amazon account to use basic features and they intentionally tell you they lock “certain” features
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-223 days 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-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 days agoSome of them use wifi for the remote too.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days 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.
Back to the store it goes then
Amazon fire TV requires an Amazon account to use basic features and they intentionally tell you they lock “certain” features
That should be illegal…
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
Some of them use wifi for the remote too.
Indeed, I remember people complaining about Roku for that.
My TLC hasn’t done so up until now.
Like those single player games…