I believe HDMI has support for sharing internet since 1.4 and I wouldn't be surprised to see TV makers attempting to leverage this in the future to get around not connecting your TV directly to internet.

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mrpippy 3 hours ago | parent [-]

HDMI Ethernet Channel fizzled out and no devices ever supported it.

	▲	lithiumii 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No. I had a Samsung TV which connects to the internet via the HDMI cable to my Nvidia Shield.