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But then give it a network.. just no public internet access :)
by Phurist 5y ago
But then give it a network.. just no public internet access :)
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y agoShhh the first rule of wifi black holes is that you don’t talk about wifi black holes.
- dismalpedigree 5y agoI tried that on my LG tv. The result was a 60 second timeout before I could use the tv when turning it on. I ended up figuring out how to factory reset it and then never set up the wifi. No firmware update, but I don’t care since I only want a dumb monitor.
- jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 5y agoMy advice: connect it to a restricted network, where it can successfully ping home and assert internet connectivity, but everything else (except maybe updates or whatever you want to allow) just fails. A better, more useful approach is to have a DNS server on the home network (something like a pi hole), where all analytics go nowhere, Youtube isn't capable of downloading ads, etc., but you can still use the smart TV features you want. IIRC some TVs have internal DNS servers and only use those, so an ARP spoofing may be also needed.
- vineyardmike 5y agoI thought most TVs overwrote the network dns settings?
- deergomoo 5y agofwiw you can often update the firmware via USB anyway—not sure about LG specifically but Samsung TVs support this. It's often worth updating the firmware as, like a lot of software these days, it sometimes ships half-broken.