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Re:Why Dumb TVs Deserve a Comeback by amelius on Sunday December 15, 2024 @06:49PM (#42426808)
Note that HDMI has an option for running ethernet over it. Probably invented by the advertising industry.

You might be better off buying a big monitor instead of a TV.

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Re:Why Dumb TVs Deserve a Comeback by mastercheif on Sunday December 15, 2024 @07:11PM (#42426896)
Why is HDMI Ethernet brought up so often in Smart TV posts here and on Reddit?

HDMI Ethernet Channel (HEC) was added to the HDMI spec in 2009 to allow Blu-ray players to access the internet without a direction connection.

There are zero devices ever released that support HEC.

There are zero OEM HDMI chipsets that support HEC.

The streaming device manufacturers have no incentive to enable this feature.

It's a nice reminder that a good amount of people on HN/Reddit have no idea what they're talking about, even if they use acronyms.

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Re:Why Dumb TVs Deserve a Comeback by tedunangst on Sunday December 15, 2024 @10:49PM (#42427869)
People don't want solutions. They want to be mad.
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