I fucking hate my Roku Tv. One of my roku TV became unusable after software update. Can’t be rolled back. I’m just stuck with a perfectly fine screen and shit software. And yes even connecting another device via HDMI is an issue because the TV restarts randomly for “updates” while watching external sources.
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linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 10 months agoThe amount of Roku stuff my PiHole blocks is asinine. I just recently added a blocklist for smart TVs and it ballooned the query counts like mad.
+1 for PiHole. Worth the ~$40 for the Pi Zero W and accessories alone.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Albbi@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Hrm, that’s a pretty good argument for buying a tv and leaving the built in smart features without internet access. Sorry about your issues.
I’d there no way to factory reset it?
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I can factory reset but not downgrade the firmware. The newer firmware is too demanding for the crappy chip in the TV.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Shoutout to the PiHole team. Love you guys and the work you do.
0110010001100010@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Which smart TV blocklist are you using? Should probably add that into my pihole.
linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Posted under Phar’s comment, but here’s the direct link
cmbabul@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I really need to get around that on my pfsense
phar@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What block list is that?
linkinkampf19@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Pretty sure it’s the smart TV blocklist from Wally3k / Firebog. I’ll confirm and update later if I find out otherwise.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s because they retry failed connections until they can phone home again. They aren’t normally making tens of thousands of requests.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It can scream into the void for as long as it wants.