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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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[–] villainy@lemmy.world 16 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I only use the internet on it to update the firmware.

You don't even need to do that. I download firmware updates from the LG website, throw it on a USB drive, and plug that into the TV. Actually important firmware updates are so rare that I'm fine with the extra effort required.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

yeah, i don't have any desire to update my TV as long as I can plug in HDMI and get a picture and sound

[–] rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 hours ago

Exactly. If it's displaying the line-in correctly, I don't see what a firmware update would bring to the table.

It's a display. Once it's achieved being able to act like that, then you should be done for as long as the hardware lasts.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago

i dont have an LG, but I've only had to firmware update 1 TV in like.. the past 13 years, and that was because it had a horrible issue with the image vertically splitting in half and green corruption across the bottom. Which makes you think hardware failure, but it wasnt, the firmware update 100% fixed it for the rest of its life.

So unless you are facing a major, catastrophic issue like that, I'd say fuck updates.