Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African warehouse

Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by capitainenemo on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @07:57PM (#28296519)

The last TV I purchased I had to spend a $10-$20 premium over the smart model with similar specs (from a slightly more reputable manufacturer at that) just to get a non-smart model.

The data mining definitely plays a huge part.

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by dalmo3 on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @12:45AM (#28298132)

Care to share which model? Last time I checked, the few dumb TVs I could find were at least 30% more expensive than a similar smart one.

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by capitainenemo on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @01:02AM (#28298207)

I've had the TV for about 5 years now so no information I could share would be too helpful. It's got a 1920x1080 resolution and seems to work well with the living room PC, that's good enough for me.

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by wwn_se on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @02:27AM (#28298578)

If you don't give it your wifi password it will not be smart? Its not like they come with a sim card...

I would however love a smart tv with an open stack where I can control the software.

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Re:Samsung remotely disables TVs looted from South African w... by capitainenemo on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @10:00AM (#28301788)

Personally I didn't want passive collection phoning home if, at any point, anyone connected it to anything, and there is also the possibility of connecting to open access points.

And, well, saw no reason for leaving around untrusted unreliable crud I couldn't remove. It was worth a modest markup to get rid of it.

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