Hi. I'm jon.404, a Unix/Linux/Database/Openstack/Kubernetes Administrator, AWS/GCP/Azure Engineer, mathematics enthusiast, and amateur philosopher. This is where I rant about that which upsets me, laugh about that which amuses me, and jabber about that which holds my interest most: *nix.
Not-so-smart devices
Posted 05-25-2015 at 02:56 PM by rocket357
A few years ago, my 47" Toshiba TV developed a strange characteristic. It would suddenly, and without warning, feed static through the speakers (making it impossible to watch TV). Changing the channel up one and then back down one "fixed it", until the problem occurred again.
In the end, the real fix was a firmware update. Being a guy from the days of rabbit ears and tube TV's, I'm a bit irked that they call this "improvement" "smart" (very much the same with "smart" phones...I should not have to reboot my f$%&ing phone to fix problems). To me, a TV is a tool. I turn it on, it displays stuff (likewise with my phone...I use it for a novel thing: making *calls*). I don't need these devices to have WiFi and Netflix and all that jazz (that's what Amazon FireTV is for, or Rokus, Chromecast, etc...). In short: I don't trust my phone/TV manufacturer to get code right. Hell, you can't trust your ***software vendors*** to get code right!
Yesterday my 60" Samsung TV developed vertical lines. My understanding is that this could potentially be caused by either a bad T-con board, or firmware. Being that the firmware is a free download and the board costs $100+, I'm formatting a usb stick so I can apply the firmware update.
For once, I'm hoping it's the codes fault.
In the end, the real fix was a firmware update. Being a guy from the days of rabbit ears and tube TV's, I'm a bit irked that they call this "improvement" "smart" (very much the same with "smart" phones...I should not have to reboot my f$%&ing phone to fix problems). To me, a TV is a tool. I turn it on, it displays stuff (likewise with my phone...I use it for a novel thing: making *calls*). I don't need these devices to have WiFi and Netflix and all that jazz (that's what Amazon FireTV is for, or Rokus, Chromecast, etc...). In short: I don't trust my phone/TV manufacturer to get code right. Hell, you can't trust your ***software vendors*** to get code right!
Yesterday my 60" Samsung TV developed vertical lines. My understanding is that this could potentially be caused by either a bad T-con board, or firmware. Being that the firmware is a free download and the board costs $100+, I'm formatting a usb stick so I can apply the firmware update.
For once, I'm hoping it's the codes fault.
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Not the codes fault. Ugh.
Posted 05-25-2015 at 03:09 PM by rocket357