I got this popup ad on my TV **while watching a DVD**

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• terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Pihole or similar DNS blocking. I can’t recommend it enough. My smart TVs are the #1 offender on my network. The only thing that will try to pull in more ads are my wife’s mobile games.

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  • toiletobserver@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Can confirm, pi hole is awesome.

    Some initial configuration required especially if you are doing it by device instead of at the router, but the results are well worth it.

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    • Rognaut@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Can confirm, well worth the $30 for the Libre le Potato that I run it on.

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  • phoneymouse@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    NextDNS is also great for this kind of blocking.

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• Crass_Spektakel@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I rooted my 2013 Samsung TV and overclocked it from 800 to 1200Mhz (the whole system is actually build for 1200Mhz but only the Highend-Ones are qualified for it). To my surprise the amount of data it send to Samsung was quite reasonable but still I removed most of it. Full removal of Internet is not an option because then I lose HbbTV and Prime TV which is like 50% of what I use that device for. And since I rooted it I also use it for BS and the public broadcasting mediatheks. Also, it now runs Quake2 in 1920x1080 in ~20fps.

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  • MaxVoltage@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Buv this is why our community is built stronger 💪

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• tall_seraphim@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is this a samsung tv? If it is one of the cheap tv’s like Vizio and such they have this live advertising which is awful. I always buy non-smart TV’s but now they actually cost more then the smart ones if you are going for a big 65-85" TV.

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  • Usul_00_@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can save the cash and just never let it connect to the internet.

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    • AustralianSimon@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This. It’s a simple as a really good router or a pihole at home or similar. Just block their domains they ring home to.

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    • brygphilomena@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not particularly hard to open and disconnect the Wi-Fi antenna. But it probably voids the warranty.

      I’m not excited for the day they realize that HDMI allows the transmission of network traffic through the device it’s plugged into.

      Why that’s in the design, I don’t know. But I also don’t understand why HDMI has fucking DRM built into it.

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  • Deiv@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What are some good non-smart TVs?

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    • n0clue@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      None, I have a Vizio that shipped with non shitty firmware, only to be upgraded over time to shitty firmware.

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    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Laugh.

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  • UristMcHolland@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They still make non-smart tvs?

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    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean if it’s possible to use it without connecting it to a network… You should be good until they cut a deal with cell providers to push their shit over soldered on LTE chips.

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    • KpntAutismus@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      some TVs that are used in a business environment are able to be set up without internet, mainly because the displays are almost always externally driven over LAN or HDMI.

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  • Tikiporch@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Based on the * button, it looks like some sort of Roku device or TV with Roku built in.

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  • Bongles@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My Vizio has never done this.

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• jayrhacker@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Three Words: Digital Signage Display

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  • min_fapper@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So when I searched for that, this is the first result that came up:

    …com.au/…/jvl-55-led-uhd-digital-signage-display-…

    Seems pretty enshittified.

    Where do you normally get yours? Do you have brand recommendations?

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• Presi300@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if you own something and it either gets taken away or it gets tarnished in some way, you are fully justified to pirate it…

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    if buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing

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• KeenFlame@feddit.nu ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ah yes I want to watch the exact same thing I am watching but from another provider, definitely just take my money, hypercapitalist

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• AlexisFR@jlai.lu ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How? Did you got your dvd player hacked?

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  • Persuader9421@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most modern TVs have this lovely “feature” called Automatic Content Recognition so papa Google can tell when you’re watching.

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  • 13617@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Newer TVs take screenshots and send em off to give you recommendations or ads for things you like.

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    • AlexisFR@jlai.lu ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Damn, that’s wonderful.

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• LoamImprovement@ttrpg.network ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I can almost guarantee this was some stupid marketing exec’s idea. Someone had to write the code that interprets that you’re watching an episode that someone else has available for streaming. Any software dev worth their salt would have seen this request and said “This is the dumbest fucking idea I have ever seen in my life” and they probably had to make it anyway because it pays the bills.

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• Whiskeyomega@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thats instant grounds for breaking Consumer law here in the UK. I'd be returning the TV and if they didnt accept. Small claim court.

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• DeepGradientAscent@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What model TV do you have?

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  • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I can tell from the interface it’s a Roku Smart TV of some sort. I have a TCL with Roku and it does not do this crap.

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• M0oP0o@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s more burn it with fire then mildly infuriating. Never go “Smart” not even once.

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• LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Don’t buy cheap TVs subsidized from ads 🤷‍♂️

  What do you expect when you buy a 43 inch TV for $150?

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  • z00s@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even better, buy the cheap TV and block its attempts to phone home.

    Pi-hole.net

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    • only0218@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why even connect it to the world wide web in the first place

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• EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why would you want to watch the episode you’re already watching somewhere else?

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  • CCMan1701A@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because you can!!! 👍💪 Need to flex that your paying for streaming services to your friends. Lol

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  • r00ty@kbin.life ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I can kinda see a potential use case for this. That you have say cable tv or local dtv. You tune to a program you've never seen before and it's good. The option to watch more on a streaming service might be wanted.

    But for most people, it's just plain intrusive.

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  • Skelectus@suppo.fi ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The streaming service needs subscribers, you know. Won’t anyone think of the shareholders?

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• desmosthenes@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  terrible; keep your tv off the internet; it used the mic to determine that

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  • anonymouse@lemmings.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s worse than the mic. They’re taking screenshots and sending them to a server that analyzes the image to determine what you’re watching.

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  • tiredofsametab@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Proof? There are other (some equally creepy) ways that it could get this info. Depending upon how the DVD player is connected, it could simply be getting info from that. It could also be taking occasional screenshots. There are other things as well.

    Edit: poster below links to Roku and they use screenshots.

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• troglodytis@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  ⛵🏴‍☠️

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• zoostation@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • digger@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I hate motion smoothing.

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  • ShadowRam@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Motion interpolation is the best thing ever.

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    • Fal@yiffit.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Wtf? Really?

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• LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  2 words people: Pihole and Unbound.

  Learn them, use them, and promote them.

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  • piskertariot@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unbound is going to need some context.

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    • LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Here you go

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• wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When I tested a roku (I think that’s what this is, based on the button and color) stick a few years ago, it was awful - network errors during setup, atrocious password limits, and once I completed setup it had a ad that took 1/4 of the home page and it wouldn’t calm the fuck down pinging servers even when idle. I actually returned it the next day, I wanted my like $40 back.

  My ex bought one a couple years later and I cringed so hard. No way in fuck I’d let that infestation on my network again.

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  • guyrocket@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That must be why s/he is you ex.

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    • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh, more of a “I thought you loved me” and a dash of “I didn’t sign up for this” after I had a stroke. Love is cheap to some… sometimes the one closest to you.

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  • krellor@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Never used the Roku stick, but I used their high end wired Internet model for a long time and it was great for what it was. I haven't tried any of the stick devices because I always questioned the performance they would have.

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    • scottywh@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My oldest Roku device is a stick and it still works great… Just doesn’t do 4K like my newer one (which itself is like 7 years old at this point).

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• Donjuanme@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If this is hell, it ain’t so bad…

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  • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “we see your penis is below average in length and girth; click OK on your remote or say ‘more information’ to learn about how to fix that” as you step into your bedroom to get dressed

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    • Donjuanme@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You prefer skis or snowboard for that slippery slope?

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  • redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ads 20 years ago are just some dumb gify banners. Now your hdmi input got sniffed by your tv and identified by some fancy ai stuff in order to serve you the most profitable ads. I’m excited to see what kind of innovative ads we’ll experience 20 years from now /s

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    • eager_eagle@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      indeed

      Image

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    • Donjuanme@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There are patents for nuclear bicycles.

      If only there was a marketplace of ideas to determine what patents were worth anything. Maybe some invisible hand all those libertarian privacy nuts are always on about.

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• PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Pretty soon you won’t be allowed to use a tv to watch stuff that isn’t state approved media from a state approved source. I had an airbnb once that was set up in such a way that you could sign in to any streaming service you wanted but hdmi was blocked. I doubt the owner intentionally did that but it’s scary to actually see this type of shit firsthand.

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  • stelelor@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Replace state-approved with corporation-approved and yeah, this is our world now.

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    • Ranger@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Both, states & megacorps hand in hand.

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• danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My LG tv just update and now anytime I turn the tv on I have to wait 2 minutes for the default screen to go away. It has ads and app suggestions.

  I only use a fire stick and don’t have the original remote. So nothing I can do but wait

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  • ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just got the same update. If you can get a remote you can go into settings and turn off the new Home experience.

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  • redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you lost your remote, you might be able to connect a USB mouse or keyboard to control it.

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    • danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s a good idea. I’ll try that

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  • criticon@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If it’s like mine there’s an option to return to the old interface

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• Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s the reason i bought a dumb tv. No i don’t need those subpar computer running my tv with a chance of crashing and which i can’t control what fuckery they do, i have my PC tq.

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• hellfire103@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As Professor Farnsworth once said, “I don’t want to live on this planet anymore”.

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• blusterydayve26@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Of course! How else are you supposed to rent things you already own? Of course ownership is no cure for renting out these days.

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• wandermind@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I agree in general, but to mention one potential benefit: DVD only supports SD resolutions, streaming services may have the same content in HD.

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• EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  get a rasberry pi device and install pi-hole on it

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• jasondj@ttrpg.network ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  From a matter of convenience I could actually appreciate what they are trying to do.

  Binge watching TV on disc, especially DVD, is frustrating. If you aren’t using the extra content (such as commentary), streaming is much better, as you can binge more episodes at a time or watch certain episodes without having to switch discs.

  If I was unaware this was available on a streaming service I had, I’d appreciate the reminder. But I’d appreciate it more at or before the main menu, not during the content, and certainly not more than once (or reset when the disc is removed).

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• realcaseyrollins ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This only happens on Roku. Switch to another brand of TV!