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looked thru my apps on panasonic tv, a couple of years old. it had the prime, netflix etc, but never the disney app. in fact i even emailed panasonic to see how to install the app and they didnt respond back. i looked on websites and people were moaning cause their pansonics didnt have it. now all of a sudden i have it. i DIDNT do a update, and i DIDNT install it my self. not moaning, but dam, that was going to be my exuce to buy a new tv at xmas time. one with the disney app on it.

katybaty - 2021-10-05 12:18:00
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https://www.panasonic.com/uk/corporate/news/articles/disney-
comes-to-panasonic-tvs.html

"On compatible TVs the Disney+ app icon will become visible in the Application view"

they can do stuff like that ie push out and update etc

king1 - 2021-10-05 12:22:00
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Friday Sep 17 my Panasonic TV said there was an update available. I let it.

After re-boot there was Disney +.
Disney+ subscribers got an email about it same day.

Check your settings, your TV may be set to auto-update overnight or something.

pzkpfw - 2021-10-05 12:23:00
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king1 wrote:

https://www.panasonic.com/uk/corporate/news/art
icles/disney-comes-to-panasonic-tvs.html

"On compatible TVs the Disney+ app icon will become visible in the Application view"

they can do stuff like that ie push out and update etc

ok. thanks.

katybaty - 2021-10-05 12:24:00
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pzkpfw wrote:

Friday Sep 17 my Panasonic TV said there was an update available. I let it.

After re-boot there was Disney +.
Disney+ subscribers got an email about it same day.

Check your settings, your TV may be set to auto-update overnight or something.

ok thanks. i will check my update settings now then.

katybaty - 2021-10-05 12:25:00
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The smart TVs can also report all your viewing history back to home base.

pcle - 2021-10-05 12:32:00
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pcle wrote:

The smart TVs can also report all your viewing history back to home base.

On that subject, my Samsung TV made something like 900,000 DNS queries back to home base over a period of five months.

king1 - 2021-10-05 13:28:00
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pcle wrote:

The smart TVs can also report all your viewing history back to home base.

And the ones you can control by voice are always listening. I swear we discuss something we see on TV and then it pops up in my Facebook feed.

gyrogearloose - 2021-10-05 13:57:00
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gunna-1 - 2021-10-18 04:27:00
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gunna-1 - 2021-10-18 05:39:00
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pcle wrote:

The smart TVs can also report all your viewing history back to home base.


Yep while you are tucked up in your bed, your tv is busy talking to his mates and home base... "TV call home" !!

onl_148 - 2021-11-05 15:44:00
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gunna-1 wrote:

keep sensitive information, bills ect of the coffee table infrount of it,

You what ? How do you think the TV is going to be able to be used to look at your bills ?

nice_lady - 2021-11-05 16:02:00
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gunna-1 wrote:

There was a rumor that tvs since the 90s have been implanted with some sort of spying device, i wast saying this was true but man did it set of some cognitive dissonance in the person i told, then i told them about an issue i was reading about smart tvs at the time, and shoved a legitimate news article in there face, they looked like they were getting ect therapy, the panic the denial.

Yeah it is true, and no, not tinfoil hat stuff either:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tIK3Fk-bLA

But there is a way to stop stuff on the home network sending info back to whoever is wanting it. You can install a "Pihole" on your home network and route all DNS request through it.

https://pi-hole.net/

It is originally designed to be installed on a Raspberry Pi, but you can install it on pretty much anything. I'm using an old HP thin client which I bought for $15.

tygertung - 2021-11-05 16:08:00
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gunna-1 - 2021-11-07 05:11:00
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gunna-1 - 2021-11-07 06:28:00
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My 5G signal is way better now I have my immunisation. And the Wifi is so much faster.

But just install a pi-hole and all your problems will be solved.

tygertung - 2021-11-07 15:05:00
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tygertung wrote:

My 5G signal is way better now I have my immunisation. And the Wifi is so much faster.
.

I feel much safer now because after my Vax jab Hubby can track me anywhere anytime ! He's found though that if he gets too close to the fridge magnets they jump onto him.

Edited by nice_lady at 3:48 pm, Sun 7 Nov

nice_lady - 2021-11-07 15:47:00
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