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Latest Samsung update kills HDBaseT? - Disable auto-update now!
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Post 1 made on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 18:34
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Post 2 made on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 18:40
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I can't believe people in this industry still support Samsung TVs. They are terrible. Every single one we touch has an issue, be it mounting issue, connection issues, or software issues. They are ALL terrible.
Post 3 made on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 18:51
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Reason 175847 that I don't sell Samsung. Thanks for the info Julie.
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Post 4 made on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 18:58
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Sweet! I am not telling anyone to disable auto-update. We have only a few clients who went against our recommendation and bought Samsung TVs. And fewer of those who use HDBaseT. When they update their TV, we will get not only a service call out of it, but hopefully a TV sale. :) Thank you Samsung!
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Post 5 made on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 19:01
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On January 31, 2017 at 18:40, goldenzrule said...
I can't believe people in this industry still support Samsung TVs. They are terrible. Every single one we touch has an issue, be it mounting issue, connection issues, or software issues. They are ALL terrible.

You can't really win if the TVs are connected to the WAN after you successfully configure things. LG has problematic firmware as well that broke HDBaseT. Sony breaks IP control nearly every release and even when it does work not all functions are 100%. Yet another reason I never want a TV on the WAN. Want streaming devices?...use a Roku,Fire,AppeTV.
OP | Post 6 made on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 19:29
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On January 31, 2017 at 19:01, tweeterguy said...
You can't really win if the TVs are connected to the WAN after you successfully configure things. LG has problematic firmware as well that broke HDBaseT. Sony breaks IP control nearly every release and even when it does work not all functions are 100%. Yet another reason I never want a TV on the WAN. Want streaming devices?...use a Roku,Fire,AppeTV.

Surely there's reasons to have the TV on the network, no?
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Post 7 made on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 19:31
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On January 31, 2017 at 19:29, juliejacobson said...
Surely there's reasons to have the TV on the network, no?

No. I try like hell to ALWAYS treat a tv as a monitor and nothing more. I have FAR less issues controlling a tv via IR than I do with IP.
Post 8 made on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 19:35
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On January 31, 2017 at 19:29, juliejacobson said...
Surely there's reasons to have the TV on the network, no?

What reason? Isn't this supposed to be something the writers of CEPro should know??
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Post 9 made on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 19:40
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On January 31, 2017 at 19:29, juliejacobson said...
Surely there's reasons to have the TV on the network, no?

Such as? You need to more narrowly define "network".

LAN...sure if you are controlling it via IP. If not, no reason to have an rj45 anywhere near the thing.

WAN...hell no; not on any of my jobs it isn't.
Post 10 made on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 20:09
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What a f***ing disaster. I Hate Samsung.
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OP | Post 11 made on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 20:18
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On January 31, 2017 at 19:35, kgossen said...
What reason? Isn't this supposed to be something the writers of CEPro should know??

We should know about central vac, too, and I'm deficient there as well. Ditto on most things about video and audio for that matter. OMG, don't ask me anything about HDMI. I'm particularly week on networking. I always forget what an Ohm is. Also, I barely use apps. Unfortunately, that means I have to ask a lot of questions.

Anyway, just trying to think of what might be missed if the TV weren't connected to the LAN (why would you ever connect to a WAN?).

IP control, for one. Auto updates? (We know the peril of that, but you'll have to connect at least briefly for vetted updates.) What else?
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Post 12 made on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 20:53
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Great, add this to the list of disappearing apps and video blanking out.
Post 13 made on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 21:15
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cough Just Add Power still works fine cough

:x :x :x
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Post 14 made on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 21:19
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On January 31, 2017 at 21:15, BlackWire Designs said...
cough Just Add Power still works fine cough

:x :x :x

(Samsung) "hold my beer and watch this"
Post 15 made on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 21:24
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On January 31, 2017 at 21:19, bricor said...
(Samsung) "hold my beer and watch this"

HAHAHHAHA
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