Spoofing the Samsung Smart TV Internet Check

Re:Spoofing the Samsung Smart TV Internet Check by nl on Monday April 21, 2014 @04:01AM (#7620227)

TVs get upgraded perhaps once a decade or so.

Wrong. I've upgraded my TV twice in the past 5 years, and the average TV replacement cycle has decreased to 4 years[1].

They don't need to have software in them, and shouldn't.

Yes they do. How else do I watch Youtube and Plex on it? Plug another box in, with another remote?

Leave that to people and companies who actually know how to produce software.

I agree that would be nice. Fortunately Samsung has a completely inadequately documented but reasonably open API for building SmartTV apps.

TVs should display an image.

That would be called a monitor.

There are no exceptions.

I'm one.

Does the fact that I use the Youtube, Vimeo, iView and Plex apps on my Samsung TV more than I watch broadcast TV not apply for some reason?

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Re:Spoofing the Samsung Smart TV Internet Check by timdiggerm on Monday April 21, 2014 @08:36AM (#7620763)

>Yes they do. How else do I watch Youtube and Plex on it? Plug another box in, with another remote?

Frankly, that other box should be the one handling the TV tuning too.

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