wi fi smart tv

Stumbled across this in today's tech news.

Samsung TV's need to be scanned for viruses

Turn off the privacy settings and watch tv. If the tv wants to know I am watching judge judy - I really dont care.

Executive wrote:
Remember, your SMART TV is watching YOU as you're watching IT. :)

That is exactly right - and if you are on a bandwidth limited connection could be a source of a lot of traffic.

Basically you have been 'monetized'. Sure when you watch Netflix through the built-in TV app, it tracks you. Pop a disk in the player and punch HDMI1 on the TV, and it is still watching you. It will capture screen shots of what you are watching and upload them to the Internet. That is how they can tell you are watching the ball game on DirectTV, or Indiana Jones on BluRay. This tracking can & will eat up a big chunk of your upload bandwidth. Disconnect the TV from the Wifi when you do not need it connected for streaming.

Of course, this is all for the greater good. Connecting you with products & services that you may wish to purchase. Essentially monetizing your viewing habits and selling them to the highest bidder.

-Eric

That's why you need your own internet source. Depending on others is likely never going to be a good choice if you are planning to "save money" by trying to stream on services that were never meant for streaming.

I don't know that I've been to a campground/RV park that actually allowed streaming movies/tv. Every one I've been to has specifically not allowed streaming video.

Just did this yesterday. Works fine, but there's a bit of buffering. I try not to do it for very long as it affects the performance for other users.

The last thing I'd be worrying about is some hacker messing with your TV. Always something new to worry about if you spend much time on here.

lryrob9301 wrote:
You could try, but most campground WIFI is so slow and overloaded that it will probably not work. Also campground WIFI is not secure so anyone on their system could possibly cause problems with your TV.

I agree that it is tough to find Internet access in RV parks that does a good job of supporting streaming TV well. I have stayed places where it worked fine.

However, I did not have a smart TV I have a Roku connected with a Ubiquti Nanobeam WiFi client that goes up above the roof when we park.

As far as privacy and security, any properly configured public WiFi system uses something called "client isolation". That protects you from other users on the local network.

I wish RV park owners, as a whole, would put a little more effort into proper WiFi installations. A significant part of my work for a number of years involved installing wireless networks including hospitality systems in hotels and RV parks.

The park owners that are willing to cut loose with a few more dollars to have a well designed and installed system are able to provide their guests with quality service.

All of my so called smart TV's have an F-CONNECTOR on the back for outside TV antenna connections... This would hook up to the cable TV at the camp ground I guess...

I watch OTA TV here all the time on my smart TV's... This is PLAN B when the cable goes out....

Our cable TV here at the house all have a TV BOX with the HDMI cable output connections...

Using the camp ground WIFI has always been a hit and miss for us... It works good sometimes and then the rest of the camp ground starts plugging in and that makes it all but useless for us... That's when we switch to the MIFI box account we have with our cell phone company...

When camping off-grid like we usually do we get good HDTV using our outside BATWING antenna pointing to the various big town locations several miles away...


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JKJavelin wrote:

ford truck guy wrote:

JKJavelin wrote:
Last year I hooked up my Bluray player, which has wifi, to my stereo/TV and sometimes worked ok,sometimes not. This year I added a Winegard Connect 2 wifi extender and usually works great. One of my favorite mods.
JK

My new camper has the Winegard Connect 2.0 + 4G . . does the wifi extender portion work good?

Yes, we almost always use the extender mode when campground wifi is available. It works pretty well. On our current trip I purchased 4G (10 gigs) from Winegard for when we're staying off the grid, but that burns up pretty quick.

Thanks for that info

ford truck guy wrote:

JKJavelin wrote:
Last year I hooked up my Bluray player, which has wifi, to my stereo/TV and sometimes worked ok,sometimes not. This year I added a Winegard Connect 2 wifi extender and usually works great. One of my favorite mods.
JK

My new camper has the Winegard Connect 2.0 + 4G . . does the wifi extender portion work good?

Yes, we almost always use the extender mode when campground wifi is available. It works pretty well. On our current trip I purchased 4G (10 gigs) from Winegard for when we're staying off the grid, but that burns up pretty quick.