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This would be quite the scandal if you can substantiate/document it. People always say, "jUsT dO nOt CoNnEcT your TV to you WiFi" which is asinine. People say

This would be quite the scandal if you can substantiate/document it. People always say, "jUsT dO nOt CoNnEcT your TV to you WiFi" which is asinine. People say that theoretically TVs can get an internet connection through HDMI, but apparently none are actually doing so. The only solution I suggest is physically removing WiFi cards from the guts before turning on.

chatmasta 4mo ago
> theoretically TVs can get an internet connection through HDMI What?! How on earth would this work?
- rationalist 4mo ago
  It was introduced in the HDMI 1.4 specification. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Version_1.4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Version_1.4
  - mastercheif 4mo ago
    HDMI Ethernet was never adopted or implemented on consumer devices.
    - deleted 4mo ago
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    - rationalist 4mo ago
      Source?
      - mastercheif 4mo ago
        I work in the industry. It's kind of hard to prove a negative, so I'll reverse the question: Show me a source / proof that says that a single retail device ever implemented HDMI HEC.
yesb 4mo ago
HDMI ethernet channel is a thing, though semi-obsolete. It's unusual for a PC graphics card to support it. Intel website suggests they don't support it: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000056383/graphics.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000... Why is not connecting your TV to wifi asinine? Generally works fine but I suppose there are rumors that some TVs scan for open networks and connect to them automatically. > The only solution I suggest is physically removing WiFi cards from the guts before turning on. It's going to be very unusual to find a TV using removable PC components like wifi cards. Another option is to connect it to your network but block it from the internet
- rationalist 4mo ago
  Because it doesn't prevent anyone else from connecting your TV to any other WiFi (and apparently that actually happened to someone according to their comment in another HN thread).

chatmasta 4mo ago

> theoretically TVs can get an internet connection through HDMI What?! How on earth would this work?

rationalist 4mo ago
It was introduced in the HDMI 1.4 specification. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Version_1.4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Version_1.4
- mastercheif 4mo ago
  HDMI Ethernet was never adopted or implemented on consumer devices.
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    [deleted]
  - rationalist 4mo ago
    Source?
    - mastercheif 4mo ago
      I work in the industry. It's kind of hard to prove a negative, so I'll reverse the question: Show me a source / proof that says that a single retail device ever implemented HDMI HEC.

yesb 4mo ago

HDMI ethernet channel is a thing, though semi-obsolete. It's unusual for a PC graphics card to support it. Intel website suggests they don't support it: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000056383/graphics.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000... Why is not connecting your TV to wifi asinine? Generally works fine but I suppose there are rumors that some TVs scan for open networks and connect to them automatically. > The only solution I suggest is physically removing WiFi cards from the guts before turning on. It's going to be very unusual to find a TV using removable PC components like wifi cards. Another option is to connect it to your network but block it from the internet

rationalist 4mo ago
Because it doesn't prevent anyone else from connecting your TV to any other WiFi (and apparently that actually happened to someone according to their comment in another HN thread).