Harmony Link will no longer work after March 2018

Re:Harmony Link will no longer work after March 2018 by scrooched_moose on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @01:36PM (#15655461)

Is that even possible anymore? About 2-3 years ago it seems like "smart" TVs completely took over.

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Re:Harmony Link will no longer work after March 2018 by cletus on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @03:14PM (#15656502)

I bought a Samsung 65" 1080p "Smart" TV 2.5 years ago where that seems possible.

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Re:Harmony Link will no longer work after March 2018 by scrooched_moose on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @03:38PM (#15656739)

Oh, gotcha, I misread your original post. I thought you were talking about truly "dumb" TVs.

Non-smart TVs basically don't exist anymore (Sceptre is the only brand I can find). You can usually get a smart TV and keep it off the internet, but I've seen horror stories of some TVs not working at all until being "updated" after unboxing.

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Re:Harmony Link will no longer work after March 2018 by sitkack on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @10:08PM (#15659502)

We need a law that requires things work out of the box and can work while not connected to the net. Bonus points for requiring off switches for the "smart" features.

A similar pet peeve of mine is that the huge infotainment screens on modern cars cannot be turned off the majority of the time. Only in the VW Golf I rented did it actually have a way to shut the whole thing down.

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