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Re:Do not buy a Hisense TV (or at least keep them offline) by solardev on Saturday April 20, 2024 @07:51AM (#40096644)
I think it's easier to just buy whatever TV you want but never connect it to the internet. Hook it up to a Chromecast or Apple TV or a Plex box or whatever and you're good.

I've done that with last 3-4 TVs and never had an issue. And the $50 dongle is much cheaper than paying $1000 more.

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Re:Do not buy a Hisense TV (or at least keep them offline) by jprete on Saturday April 20, 2024 @08:56AM (#40097049)
Cellular radios and connections are getting cheap enough to embed in the TVs directly, so this is at best a temporary solution.
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Re:Do not buy a Hisense TV (or at least keep them offline) by solardev on Saturday April 20, 2024 @09:04AM (#40097083)
I just won't buy those TVs.
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Re:Do not buy a Hisense TV (or at least keep them offline) by philistine on Saturday April 20, 2024 @09:13AM (#40097131)
Once again, this whole idea rears its ugly head. There has never been a TV, let alone a device, that has included a cellular radio to maintain a connection so it can keep tracking you.

Never happened. It’s just a thing we know can happen, but doesn’t for myriad reasons like humans flying in drones.

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Re:Do not buy a Hisense TV (or at least keep them offline) by photon_rancher on Saturday April 20, 2024 @11:43AM (#40098197)
Cars pretty much all do this now.
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Re:Do not buy a Hisense TV (or at least keep them offline) by BlueTemplar on Saturday April 20, 2024 @10:43AM (#40097708)
Isn't it mandatory for new cars in the EU now ?
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Re:Do not buy a Hisense TV (or at least keep them offline) by yencabulator on Saturday April 20, 2024 @05:05PM (#40100999)
Unfortunately a lot of modern TVs have bloated slow UIs, and want to default to showing their "home screen". This makes them much worse experiences for "just show HDMI input".
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Re:Do not buy a Hisense TV (or at least keep them offline) by jtbayly on Saturday April 20, 2024 @08:55PM (#40102369)
At a school I was doing IT support for, I had a Hisense TV suddenly refuse to work at all (couldn’t even select HDMI input) until I connected it to the internet and created an account.
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