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Re:I guess I have to watch ads everywhere on my $1,500 LG TV... by lame-robot-hoax on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @06:42PM (#26418115)
It’s beneficial to use the built in apps on the OLEDs as they automatically play a screensaver when they notice content has been paused over a certain period of time. As well, no need to enable HDR etc for whatever device you are using instead of the built in apps.

I just now setup my LG CX to run through NextDNS to block any ads because of this. Took only about five minutes.

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Re:I guess I have to watch ads everywhere on my $1,500 LG TV... by 1MoreThing on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @06:48PM (#26418177)
IME, both Apple TV and Amazon Fire stick devices do this too.
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Re:I guess I have to watch ads everywhere on my $1,500 LG TV... by Daho0n on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @09:42PM (#26419552)
This doesn't always work. Some devices use a hardcoded DNS IP. Like Chromecast. Luckily LG doesn't do this.
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Re:I guess I have to watch ads everywhere on my $1,500 LG TV... by adriancr on Thursday March 11, 2021 @05:40AM (#26422537)
Just block anything going out on port 53 outside the network and keep a dns sever on the network. (useful to block known tls dns servers like cloudflares 1.1.1.1 as well)

That is sufficient for samsung from my experience. (it does try 8.8.8.8 on its own if my ad blocking server rejects requests)

It still doesn't know DNS-over-TLS but if I start seeing ads I'll disconnect it entirely.

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Re:I guess I have to watch ads everywhere on my $1,500 LG TV... by mav3rick on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @06:50PM (#26418210)
The Apple TV app is horrendous on LG. No HBO Max as well. I agree it's way nicer to have native apps.
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