Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African warehouse

Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by setr on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @06:38PM (#28295861)

Remember 3DTV’s? For like 5 years, all TV’s being sold had 3D support. Not because consumers wanted it — it was because the industry believed consumers would want it. Industries don’t turn on a dime..

Market forces don’t correct small issues in short timeframes — and smart TV’s are not problematic enough to meet their immediate demise (but sufficiently awful that they eventually will — alongside car infotainment systems)

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by stainforth on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @01:23AM (#28298302)

Supply side is the first side in what exists

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by p2t2p on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @08:01PM (#28296538)

> alongside car infotainment systems

I don't know if market has corrected those or Apple did.

I couldn't care less about my car's infotainment system as long as the screen is 7+ inches and capable of Apple CarPlay.

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by rrrhys on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @08:12PM (#28296621)

> capable of Apple CarPlay.

E.g. you care plenty.

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by p2t2p on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @11:24PM (#28297739)

I wouldn't call a glorified screen mirroring an "infotainment system".

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by rrrhys on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @02:58AM (#28298734)

I've got a pre-CarPlay OEM infotainment and can confirm, they are pretty shit.

The screen is hard to get it to register a tap, the corners are dead, and the UI is very 2013 (It's a 2013 toyota, so I guess more like 2009 UI).

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