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> but I've never connected it up to anything other than a HDMI cable, so it can't phone home Good news! HDMI supports Ethernet backhaul, which isn't widely use
by jsheard 3y ago
> but I've never connected it up to anything other than a HDMI cable, so it can't phone home
Good news! HDMI supports Ethernet backhaul, which isn't widely used, but in theory your TV could access the internet through the HDMI source you have plugged into it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#HEC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#HEC
- Nextgrid 3y agoAssuming the source is cooperating. The source would need to act as either an Ethernet switch (if itself connected to Ethernet, or a WDS/4addr-enabled Wi-Fi network), or act as a NAT & DHCP server. That's quite a lot of complexity. In practice, I've never seen it used even for point-to-point links, let alone this kind of bridging/routing/NATing.