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Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads by Shivetya on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @11:30AM (#24629011)
there are numerous sites out there with long term tests on this subject and it comes down to, you have to go out of your way to harm the TV. As in, keep specific channels on 24x7 across a long period of time. Also, unplugging when not in use is not allowed.
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Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads by a5withtrrs on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @11:43AM (#24629191)
Sorry? You can't unplug the TV when you aren't using it? Why? That's something new to me. My parents have a little box that automatically 'unplugs' their TV after extended periods of inactivity to prevent unnecessary power draw (the Australian government provided them for free at one point). That would somehow damage the TV?
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Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads by jahabrewer on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @12:26PM (#24629797)
> Why?

I've heard LG OLEDs run a pixel refresher when "off".

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