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Bought a cheap HiSense TV for my kid to use as a big monitor. It literally will not work for any input source -- including OTA TV -- until it has been hooked t
by dsr_ 4y ago
Bought a cheap HiSense TV for my kid to use as a big monitor.
It literally will not work for any input source -- including OTA TV -- until it has been hooked to a network where it can register itself.
It appears to work afterwards without a network connection... but I cannot recommend HiSense at all.
- jacquesm 4y agoReturn it as defective. If enough people do that they'll get the message. An internet connection should not be a requirement for buying an appliance.
- kennend3 4y agoThis! you see post after post of people complaining about things but doing little about it. Returning products as "defective" is pretty hard on manufacturers as stores do not like this happening.
- jacquesm 4y agoThe asymmetry between the costs for the returns process and the 'happy path' of sales is such that even a relatively small percentage would throw a giant spanner in the works. You need to sell three more to make up for one return or so.
- M95D 4y agoI have a Philips smart TV. I didn't connect it to the internet. Every week it nags me with a popup message telling me how much I'm missing if I don't connect it. Technically, it's not defective; it still works without the internet. But think about it... What if the nag would pop up daily? Or every hour?