Some TVs will present a popover warning that they have not been able to check for updates for a while, after being disconnected for some time, and you can't close that without letting them connect (even if you are just using the screen to display content from an HDMI slot rather than using any of the other TV features).

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walrus01 28 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Do they still do it if they've never been connected to a network? So they don't even know what date/time it is relative to their current updates/firmware? Do they display the warning based on a cumulative power-on timer only (much as good quality computer displays have somewhere in their menus buried a figure showing their total cumulative power on hours).

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mszcz an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Which ones? I'd be happy to know the brands.

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bradleyankrom 19 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

FWIW, I've never seen that come up on the five or six TCLs that I've owned over the last decade. I have AppleTVs connected to all of them and never connect them to the internet. So far, so good.

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richjdsmith 43 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Samsung TVs certainly do. A massive PITA.

	▲	mszcz 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Good to know. I don't buy Samsung anymore anyway. I have two CRG9s and they're already showing same problems after a couple of years. Had a midrange phone from them some years ago - started dying 6mo in (battery, restarts, slowness).