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A comment on Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by snerbles on Monday November 29, 2021 @03:20PM (#29384723)
IR is line-of-sight, and the receiver can be blocked with a small piece of electrical tape.
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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by m00x on Monday November 29, 2021 @03:45PM (#29385034)
Same for bluetooth, just build a faraday cage around your TV and you're good!

/s

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by kazinator on Monday November 29, 2021 @05:01PM (#29385842)
Only if it's grounded, so that's a step up from the tape.
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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by the_mitsuhiko on Monday November 29, 2021 @03:53PM (#29385146)
Bluetooth can be turned off in the settings.
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Re:Ask HN: Are there any 4K “dumb” televisions? by Volundr on Monday November 29, 2021 @05:45PM (#29386290)
It can't. Which is sort of the point of my comment. If it could I'd have no problem with this feature.
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