BoscoBear@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoUnsmart a smart TVlemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up1432arrow-down124file-text
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How standardized a lcd panels? Could I replace the controller in a smart TV with one of these HDMI to LCD controllers? https://www.ebay.com/itm/375318342725__
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down19·7 months agoMaybe you’d disable it on the settings, but it remains enabled anyways. Then it would detect an open wifi and connect autimatically. Or maybe the software that comes with it is buggy as hell your HDMI framerate and resolution became affected.
minus-squareHule@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoA wifi antenna should be easy to find. If you cut it, could it lead to an error, or just weaken the signal?
minus-squarebamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·7 months agoIf you wrap the TV in tinfoil, it’ll be a faraday cage and block all WiFi
minus-squaresawdustprophetlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months ago If you wrap the TV in tinfoil, it’ll be a faraday cage and block all WiFi I just keep my TV embedded in a block of lead.
minus-squaresus@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 months agoCRT TV with extra steps
minus-squaremelpomenesclevage@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoJust watching TV is lost technology.
minus-squareHule@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoBut then even Superman can’t watch ads on it!
minus-squareHule@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoI mean I wouldn’t, but it’s an idea!
minus-squaremelpomenesclevage@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoSeriously considering decorating my next apartment like this. CNC engraved thin sheets of stainless steel, with a ground wire plugged in somewhere. Possibly the plumbing.
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·7 months agoOk, well personally, I’ve never seen an open network near my house, so if I cared that much, it would work for mine.
minus-squareRecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·7 months agoYou really shouldn’t run an open wifi at your home. Or do you carry your TV to Starbuck’s or something?
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·7 months agoDo you live in a farm your whole life or something?
minus-squareRecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoJust in a country where open wifi without landing pages don’t exist. Apologies, didn’t think about actual open, public wifi.
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoMost people are more aware of these things nowadays, so you may not see it as much…
Maybe you’d disable it on the settings, but it remains enabled anyways. Then it would detect an open wifi and connect autimatically.
Or maybe the software that comes with it is buggy as hell your HDMI framerate and resolution became affected.
A wifi antenna should be easy to find.
If you cut it, could it lead to an error, or just weaken the signal?
If you wrap the TV in tinfoil, it’ll be a faraday cage and block all WiFi
I just keep my TV embedded in a block of lead.
CRT TV with extra steps
Just watching TV is lost technology.
But then even Superman can’t watch ads on it!
I mean I wouldn’t, but it’s an idea!
Seriously considering decorating my next apartment like this. CNC engraved thin sheets of stainless steel, with a ground wire plugged in somewhere. Possibly the plumbing.
Ok, well personally, I’ve never seen an open network near my house, so if I cared that much, it would work for mine.
You really shouldn’t run an open wifi at your home. Or do you carry your TV to Starbuck’s or something?
Do you live in a farm your whole life or something?
Just in a country where open wifi without landing pages don’t exist. Apologies, didn’t think about actual open, public wifi.
Most people are more aware of these things nowadays, so you may not see it as much…