Okay, fair. I think that's a use case that would likely be pretty far outside of what the manufacturer would be envisioning when they spec what kind of Ethernet

Okay, fair. I think that's a use case that would likely be pretty far outside of what the manufacturer would be envisioning when they spec what kind of Ethernet port to put on the TV though— from their point of view it would be purely for firmware updates, spyware, and the built in streaming apps; anything more complicated than that will be coming from an external device through the HDMI port.