Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoHisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1587arrow-down14
arrow-up1583arrow-down1external-linkHisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoingwww.tomshardware.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square178fedilink
minus-squareleoj@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 hours agoWas gonna say, LG does the same thing. So far my only TV that hasn’t forced things in an absurd way has been my Sony… Guess what Sony just did? (Sold their Bravia TV line to TCL…)
minus-squareleoj@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoMine definitely does, disables applications and will lock the screen on update demand if you go long enough. At the bottom of the tv says it LG.
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoI’ve never connected my LG TVs to the internet and they work pretty well. I hear you can jailbreak them, which is appealing to me.
minus-squareleoj@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoNo shit? I might have to try that, only problem is my spouse will kill me if I break it… (primary TV)…
Was gonna say, LG does the same thing.
So far my only TV that hasn’t forced things in an absurd way has been my Sony… Guess what Sony just did? (Sold their Bravia TV line to TCL…)
Um…no they don’t?
Mine definitely does, disables applications and will lock the screen on update demand if you go long enough. At the bottom of the tv says it LG.
I’ve never connected my LG TVs to the internet and they work pretty well.
I hear you can jailbreak them, which is appealing to me.
No shit? I might have to try that, only problem is my spouse will kill me if I break it… (primary TV)…