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Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 6 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I bought an LG a little while back. Looks good, no need to connect it to the Internet, you can turn on and off all the features you do or don't want.

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

Hell yeah. I was considering a C5, but saw people online saying ads are present on LG.

I use shield anyway, but I will probably just follow your advice and set default input to the shield

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

No. Mine is totally connected. Use all the apps. I don't get ads on it.

[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 hours ago

There are ads, but if you're willing to slog through the settings you can get rid of them. I just used a pihole LG blocklist. I really enjoy using the magic mouse on the screen and I'm finding it hard to give up.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Mine doesn't have ads. But like I said, I've never connected it to the Internet, so I don't know if it would start showing them if I did. I just use a Chromecast, my Switch, or an antenna.

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 2 points 7 hours ago

I have one connected to the internet due to WAF, but I never signed into an LG account on it. As a result, the "home" page just shows something about signing in "for the full experience" rather than any ads.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

For now. That can change at any time with an update.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 6 points 7 hours ago

What update?

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

you can say that about literally any TV brand, this doesn’t help.