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Re:My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. W... by mlinhares on Saturday March 29, 2025 @09:16PM (#43520308)
All TVs at home are blocked by MAC on the wifi router, so there's definitely a way to turn off this bullshit.
Re:My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. W... by radicality on Saturday March 29, 2025 @10:48PM (#43520813)
Probably better to put in a separate restricted vlan. Who knows, maybe one day some piece of firmware code will kick in to start rotating MACs to lie who the device is to get a connection.
Re:My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. W... by koolba on Saturday March 29, 2025 @10:00PM (#43520569)
Why is it on the network at all if it’s blocked?
Re:My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. W... by x3n0ph3n3 on Saturday March 29, 2025 @10:09PM (#43520615)
Streaming content on the LAN.
Re:My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. W... by mlinhares on Sunday March 30, 2025 @09:36AM (#43524085)
They’re not but they were in the past so who knows if they kept the password.
Re:My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. W... by kulahan on Saturday March 29, 2025 @09:32PM (#43520418)
Out of curiosity, do you simply not use streaming services, or do you get them on the TV some other way?
Re:My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. W... by Rohansi on Saturday March 29, 2025 @09:42PM (#43520471)
I plug a mini PC into my TVs and use them that way. Works out better because the TV apps run way slower than even the cheapest mini PCs.
Re:My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. W... by happyopossum on Sunday March 30, 2025 @01:13AM (#43521538)
TV here - have 4 of them now, one for each TV, one for the portable projector, and one for music in the workshop.

Fabulous boxes - I’m still running a 4 generation old one and they just work.

Re:My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. W... by mlinhares on Sunday March 30, 2025 @09:38AM (#43524104)
Apple TV.