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Re:Why the Luddites Matter by Borealid on Sunday May 13, 2018 @04:05AM (#17057833)
By the way, HDMI supports an Ethernet channel. Depeding on your setup, it may be possible for the TV to get online without a Wifi password or any cables other than power+HDMI.
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Re:Why the Luddites Matter by lmns on Sunday May 13, 2018 @05:12AM (#17058025)
This happened to a friend with a Samsung TV. One of his devices relayed Ethernet via HDMI to the Samsung and suddenly it started a firmware upgrade.
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Re:Why the Luddites Matter by pdimitar on Sunday May 13, 2018 @10:29AM (#17059060)
Pretty valuable feedback! I will just make sure to use an HDMI cable supporting older version of the standard. That should do the trick.
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