Samsung Monitor (Smart TV) woes
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dandy72 wrote:
Unless you know all addresses (from the manufacturer) the TV might try to access to update its firmware, and then block them all right in your router. Or, I suppose, if your router is sophisticated enough, block everything by default for a specific device (the TV), except for specific items (like Netflix). I'm liking that idea...
Yeah that would be really nice.
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I'm a Pi-Hole user and didn't know it could do this: [https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/jig9w9/want\_to\_block\_websites\_for\_a\_specific\_device/\](https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/jig9w9/want\_to\_block\_websites\_for\_a\_specific\_device/) *Now* I'm intrigued...
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I'm a Pi-Hole user and didn't know it could do this: [https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/jig9w9/want\_to\_block\_websites\_for\_a\_specific\_device/\](https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/jig9w9/want\_to\_block\_websites\_for\_a\_specific\_device/) *Now* I'm intrigued...
That's interesting. I may have to check those out. Do you know if they're at least 2Gbit capable? (sustained)
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I have a 55" 4k QLED I bought last year that I use as my primary dev machine monitor. It saves space in my living area because it doubles as a nice widget for watching netflix and such, all from the remote. It's wall mounted behind my desk so when I'm not at it, it doubles as my TV as I suggested. This is somewhat important to me, for space considerations. I need the size because I use it for dev. I am not a fan of multi monitor setups, so I use this screen like 4 1080p monitors stacked together. If it wasn't 55" I'd have to grow the font and lose screen real estate. They updated the firmware last night without my consent and destroyed my TV's functionality. Now whenever you turn it on it no longer remembers your last input source. It goes to "Samsung TV", a "free" streaming service that I guarantee you nobody actually uses, and whose primary purpose seems to be giving Baywatch pretend relevance. It turns it on complete with sound. I contacted support about it. I didn't get anywhere, other than if I go through the TVs menus, reset to factory, and refuse any terms and conditions, i can get rid of the smart TV functionality altogether. I'm almost there, but I paid extra for the smart functionality, so I'm not going to be satisfied with that. This seems a lost cause, short of rooting the TV and replacing it with custom firmware, which is risky. I'm thinking of giving it to my sister, and buying an LG, but before I do: Does anyone here have experience with LG OLED Smart TVs? I figure some of you seem to like nice stuff, so maybe you have one. They're certainly in the "nice stuff" price point. I'm not buying samsung anything, ever again. Shame our entire kitchen is samsung. Not after we move. They've lost me. What they did to my TV is nothing short of asinine, and I won't do business with someone that makes terrible decisions like that. I've never owned an LG anything, except perhaps maybe a forgettable phone once upon a time. Are their TVs any good? Should I go with someone else? I want OLED, and 55". I figure if I'm throwing good money after bad at this point, I may as well go all in. I've got a $1500 USD budget or thereabouts but it's flexible - not set in stone. That's just the topish end of my price point for what i think is "reasonable" for such a device these days. I will happily take any advice, non samsung recommendations, or experience with LG OLEDs in response with thanks because it will be really helpful.
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I have a 65'' LG OLED that recently (around 2 weeks ago) started losing it's last selected input. It sounds like the same behavior you described. It now requires either an input selection with the DirecTV remote and when that doesn't work, looking for the TV remote to select the input. :sigh: I liked it better before the firmware update! :| Other than that, it's the third LG TV I've owned and they've all been great with the exception of the first which developed an annoying 'cold joint'...it was fine after it warmed up...now it's a garage/workout room TV! :laugh:
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I have a 65'' LG OLED that recently (around 2 weeks ago) started losing it's last selected input. It sounds like the same behavior you described. It now requires either an input selection with the DirecTV remote and when that doesn't work, looking for the TV remote to select the input. :sigh: I liked it better before the firmware update! :| Other than that, it's the third LG TV I've owned and they've all been great with the exception of the first which developed an annoying 'cold joint'...it was fine after it warmed up...now it's a garage/workout room TV! :laugh:
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse "Hope is contagious"
Thanks
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That's interesting. I may have to check those out. Do you know if they're at least 2Gbit capable? (sustained)
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Pi-Hole is software. I do believe someone's made an actual box out of it, but I have no idea. I just use the software in a small Linux VM dedicated to it.
Ah okay. Yeah, I don't want to run an extra computer for that. I just don't have the space for it. Edit: routing all my traffic through my dev PC is untenable for reasons.
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I have a 55" 4k QLED I bought last year that I use as my primary dev machine monitor. It saves space in my living area because it doubles as a nice widget for watching netflix and such, all from the remote. It's wall mounted behind my desk so when I'm not at it, it doubles as my TV as I suggested. This is somewhat important to me, for space considerations. I need the size because I use it for dev. I am not a fan of multi monitor setups, so I use this screen like 4 1080p monitors stacked together. If it wasn't 55" I'd have to grow the font and lose screen real estate. They updated the firmware last night without my consent and destroyed my TV's functionality. Now whenever you turn it on it no longer remembers your last input source. It goes to "Samsung TV", a "free" streaming service that I guarantee you nobody actually uses, and whose primary purpose seems to be giving Baywatch pretend relevance. It turns it on complete with sound. I contacted support about it. I didn't get anywhere, other than if I go through the TVs menus, reset to factory, and refuse any terms and conditions, i can get rid of the smart TV functionality altogether. I'm almost there, but I paid extra for the smart functionality, so I'm not going to be satisfied with that. This seems a lost cause, short of rooting the TV and replacing it with custom firmware, which is risky. I'm thinking of giving it to my sister, and buying an LG, but before I do: Does anyone here have experience with LG OLED Smart TVs? I figure some of you seem to like nice stuff, so maybe you have one. They're certainly in the "nice stuff" price point. I'm not buying samsung anything, ever again. Shame our entire kitchen is samsung. Not after we move. They've lost me. What they did to my TV is nothing short of asinine, and I won't do business with someone that makes terrible decisions like that. I've never owned an LG anything, except perhaps maybe a forgettable phone once upon a time. Are their TVs any good? Should I go with someone else? I want OLED, and 55". I figure if I'm throwing good money after bad at this point, I may as well go all in. I've got a $1500 USD budget or thereabouts but it's flexible - not set in stone. That's just the topish end of my price point for what i think is "reasonable" for such a device these days. I will happily take any advice, non samsung recommendations, or experience with LG OLEDs in response with thanks because it will be really helpful.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythe
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I have a 55" 4k QLED I bought last year that I use as my primary dev machine monitor. It saves space in my living area because it doubles as a nice widget for watching netflix and such, all from the remote. It's wall mounted behind my desk so when I'm not at it, it doubles as my TV as I suggested. This is somewhat important to me, for space considerations. I need the size because I use it for dev. I am not a fan of multi monitor setups, so I use this screen like 4 1080p monitors stacked together. If it wasn't 55" I'd have to grow the font and lose screen real estate. They updated the firmware last night without my consent and destroyed my TV's functionality. Now whenever you turn it on it no longer remembers your last input source. It goes to "Samsung TV", a "free" streaming service that I guarantee you nobody actually uses, and whose primary purpose seems to be giving Baywatch pretend relevance. It turns it on complete with sound. I contacted support about it. I didn't get anywhere, other than if I go through the TVs menus, reset to factory, and refuse any terms and conditions, i can get rid of the smart TV functionality altogether. I'm almost there, but I paid extra for the smart functionality, so I'm not going to be satisfied with that. This seems a lost cause, short of rooting the TV and replacing it with custom firmware, which is risky. I'm thinking of giving it to my sister, and buying an LG, but before I do: Does anyone here have experience with LG OLED Smart TVs? I figure some of you seem to like nice stuff, so maybe you have one. They're certainly in the "nice stuff" price point. I'm not buying samsung anything, ever again. Shame our entire kitchen is samsung. Not after we move. They've lost me. What they did to my TV is nothing short of asinine, and I won't do business with someone that makes terrible decisions like that. I've never owned an LG anything, except perhaps maybe a forgettable phone once upon a time. Are their TVs any good? Should I go with someone else? I want OLED, and 55". I figure if I'm throwing good money after bad at this point, I may as well go all in. I've got a $1500 USD budget or thereabouts but it's flexible - not set in stone. That's just the topish end of my price point for what i think is "reasonable" for such a device these days. I will happily take any advice, non samsung recommendations, or experience with LG OLEDs in response with thanks because it will be really helpful.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythe
I can't speak for their OLED stuff - I have a LG 42" TV which is about ten years old, and an IPS 22" LG monitor of similar vintage (plus two Samsungs) though. Oh, and an LG soundbar on the PC. LG certainly make reliable displays, and the picture quality is fine (though not 4K) and with only a small niggle in the HMI in that the monitor controls are a mini joystick tucked behind the monitor where it's annoying to use they have been fine for us. But then, the Samsung kit has been fine as well ... two monitors, Herself's main tablet, Herself's phone - all pretty good.
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I appreciate the warning, but part of the appeal to me is the ability to tickle netflix with a remote from across the room, and no fuss. Seems like such a small thing, but for reasons it's very important for this device to be able to allow me that. Sure I can *live* without it, and just use my PC for that, but it actually significantly diminishes the chances I'll even flip netflix to a car show when I lay down for a nap or do some chores for example (that's about 75% of the use case for me). If I can't do it from across the room with a button click or two, it's just going to degrade my experience in my space - a little thing with a shockingly big impact.
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I have a 55" 4k QLED I bought last year that I use as my primary dev machine monitor. It saves space in my living area because it doubles as a nice widget for watching netflix and such, all from the remote. It's wall mounted behind my desk so when I'm not at it, it doubles as my TV as I suggested. This is somewhat important to me, for space considerations. I need the size because I use it for dev. I am not a fan of multi monitor setups, so I use this screen like 4 1080p monitors stacked together. If it wasn't 55" I'd have to grow the font and lose screen real estate. They updated the firmware last night without my consent and destroyed my TV's functionality. Now whenever you turn it on it no longer remembers your last input source. It goes to "Samsung TV", a "free" streaming service that I guarantee you nobody actually uses, and whose primary purpose seems to be giving Baywatch pretend relevance. It turns it on complete with sound. I contacted support about it. I didn't get anywhere, other than if I go through the TVs menus, reset to factory, and refuse any terms and conditions, i can get rid of the smart TV functionality altogether. I'm almost there, but I paid extra for the smart functionality, so I'm not going to be satisfied with that. This seems a lost cause, short of rooting the TV and replacing it with custom firmware, which is risky. I'm thinking of giving it to my sister, and buying an LG, but before I do: Does anyone here have experience with LG OLED Smart TVs? I figure some of you seem to like nice stuff, so maybe you have one. They're certainly in the "nice stuff" price point. I'm not buying samsung anything, ever again. Shame our entire kitchen is samsung. Not after we move. They've lost me. What they did to my TV is nothing short of asinine, and I won't do business with someone that makes terrible decisions like that. I've never owned an LG anything, except perhaps maybe a forgettable phone once upon a time. Are their TVs any good? Should I go with someone else? I want OLED, and 55". I figure if I'm throwing good money after bad at this point, I may as well go all in. I've got a $1500 USD budget or thereabouts but it's flexible - not set in stone. That's just the topish end of my price point for what i think is "reasonable" for such a device these days. I will happily take any advice, non samsung recommendations, or experience with LG OLEDs in response with thanks because it will be really helpful.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythe
Have you tried a cold start (unplug the electrics for a minute)? Funny things can happen to a Samsung TV if it runs out of memory. Anyway, this seems to have happened to more people than you. Apparently the reset in the normal menu is a softish reset that does not reset all data on the TV. There's a harder reset if you enter the Service menu, but to reach that you need a special remote where you can enter number combinations, you can apparently buy one at amazon.
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Have you tried a cold start (unplug the electrics for a minute)? Funny things can happen to a Samsung TV if it runs out of memory. Anyway, this seems to have happened to more people than you. Apparently the reset in the normal menu is a softish reset that does not reset all data on the TV. There's a harder reset if you enter the Service menu, but to reach that you need a special remote where you can enter number combinations, you can apparently buy one at amazon.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
I tried a factory reset. This isn't a glitch. Somebody in a boardroom said this: "Our Samsung TV streaming service isn't getting used. How do we increase "consumer engagement" with our platform?" And some CTO or another idiot said "I know, let's roll out a firmware update that makes it switch to samsung TV every time you turn it on" That's what happened.
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A $25 4k TiVo dongle would get you NF on a dumbed down TV. It comes with a very nice little remote with it's own 'source' button, and dedicated NF button.
that's an option, but I really don't like the idea of crippling this relatively new TV and then installing a bag on the side. Every time I use it it would irritate me that my almost new TV is hacked together with bubblegum and shoestring. I'd probably be happier getting rid of it and getting a TV that works properly (in other words, not a samsung)
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I can't speak for their OLED stuff - I have a LG 42" TV which is about ten years old, and an IPS 22" LG monitor of similar vintage (plus two Samsungs) though. Oh, and an LG soundbar on the PC. LG certainly make reliable displays, and the picture quality is fine (though not 4K) and with only a small niggle in the HMI in that the monitor controls are a mini joystick tucked behind the monitor where it's annoying to use they have been fine for us. But then, the Samsung kit has been fine as well ... two monitors, Herself's main tablet, Herself's phone - all pretty good.
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My samsung TV was fine, until Samsung rolled a firmware update and deliberately made it unfine. :mad:
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Have you tried a cold start (unplug the electrics for a minute)? Funny things can happen to a Samsung TV if it runs out of memory. Anyway, this seems to have happened to more people than you. Apparently the reset in the normal menu is a softish reset that does not reset all data on the TV. There's a harder reset if you enter the Service menu, but to reach that you need a special remote where you can enter number combinations, you can apparently buy one at amazon.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
I missed the second part of your post, sorry. Me reading this again got me agitated and so I started skimming. Not your fault, it was mine. I'll look into what you said. Certainly it would be better than buying another TV.
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I missed the second part of your post, sorry. Me reading this again got me agitated and so I started skimming. Not your fault, it was mine. I'll look into what you said. Certainly it would be better than buying another TV.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
Method five: 5 Ways to Reset a Samsung TV - wikiHow[^]
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Method five: 5 Ways to Reset a Samsung TV - wikiHow[^]
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Thanks!
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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Thanks!
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
But before you try that, try to just simply disable the Samsung TV plus Cannot be removed but you can disable it.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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I have a 55" 4k QLED I bought last year that I use as my primary dev machine monitor. It saves space in my living area because it doubles as a nice widget for watching netflix and such, all from the remote. It's wall mounted behind my desk so when I'm not at it, it doubles as my TV as I suggested. This is somewhat important to me, for space considerations. I need the size because I use it for dev. I am not a fan of multi monitor setups, so I use this screen like 4 1080p monitors stacked together. If it wasn't 55" I'd have to grow the font and lose screen real estate. They updated the firmware last night without my consent and destroyed my TV's functionality. Now whenever you turn it on it no longer remembers your last input source. It goes to "Samsung TV", a "free" streaming service that I guarantee you nobody actually uses, and whose primary purpose seems to be giving Baywatch pretend relevance. It turns it on complete with sound. I contacted support about it. I didn't get anywhere, other than if I go through the TVs menus, reset to factory, and refuse any terms and conditions, i can get rid of the smart TV functionality altogether. I'm almost there, but I paid extra for the smart functionality, so I'm not going to be satisfied with that. This seems a lost cause, short of rooting the TV and replacing it with custom firmware, which is risky. I'm thinking of giving it to my sister, and buying an LG, but before I do: Does anyone here have experience with LG OLED Smart TVs? I figure some of you seem to like nice stuff, so maybe you have one. They're certainly in the "nice stuff" price point. I'm not buying samsung anything, ever again. Shame our entire kitchen is samsung. Not after we move. They've lost me. What they did to my TV is nothing short of asinine, and I won't do business with someone that makes terrible decisions like that. I've never owned an LG anything, except perhaps maybe a forgettable phone once upon a time. Are their TVs any good? Should I go with someone else? I want OLED, and 55". I figure if I'm throwing good money after bad at this point, I may as well go all in. I've got a $1500 USD budget or thereabouts but it's flexible - not set in stone. That's just the topish end of my price point for what i think is "reasonable" for such a device these days. I will happily take any advice, non samsung recommendations, or experience with LG OLEDs in response with thanks because it will be really helpful.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythe
I have an LG 4k TV (my 3rd LG in a row). Display quality is excellent. I don't use it as my main monitor (its main purpose is as a TV) but as a monitor on a mini-PC I have in the lounge. There are no issues with that. (There is an option to turn off overscan for the relevant input, which is important, and it remembers the setting.) The TV has good built-in apps for Netflix and other stuff. It remembers the last selected source. You can create "shortcuts" on the remote (you hold down a number for 2 seconds) and use one to select a particular source. The TV's OS and apps have been udated numerous times over the years and none of them have been intrusive. There are plenty of junk channels and apps available but they're not forced on you. Incidentally, you can turn WiFi (and wired EtherNet) on and off easily.
Phil
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I have an LG 4k TV (my 3rd LG in a row). Display quality is excellent. I don't use it as my main monitor (its main purpose is as a TV) but as a monitor on a mini-PC I have in the lounge. There are no issues with that. (There is an option to turn off overscan for the relevant input, which is important, and it remembers the setting.) The TV has good built-in apps for Netflix and other stuff. It remembers the last selected source. You can create "shortcuts" on the remote (you hold down a number for 2 seconds) and use one to select a particular source. The TV's OS and apps have been udated numerous times over the years and none of them have been intrusive. There are plenty of junk channels and apps available but they're not forced on you. Incidentally, you can turn WiFi (and wired EtherNet) on and off easily.
Phil
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Thank you!
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