[mythtv-users] OT: 4K TV. But why (yet)?

[Kirk Bocek]

On 12/3/2015 11:05 AM, Ben Kamen wrote:
> On 2015-12-03 12:53 PM, John Marshall wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, I had forgotten/missed those but it's probably a given they 
>> all do.  Vizio has the added problem that firmware updates are not 
>> manual - the TV has to be connected to the internet and will at some 
>> point download the update.  I don't know about LG but I think Samsung 
>> supports USB updates, so at least the TV could be forever isolated, 
>> but I still don't like it.  An off-brand dumb monitor shipped from 
>> Korea is sounding more appealing 
>
>
> I'm not a fan either.
>
> There's always putting the TV on a static IP and then blocking all its 
> traffic to the internet until you need an update.
>

Or, like with the smart TV we just bought, not configuring the network 
features at all. It's just attached via HDMI to my Myth frontend device 
and that's it. No need for anything else.