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andyross
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Vizio plans to use future generation TVs for targeted ad serving

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Vizio has plans to work with a total of nine businesses for the purpose of serving targeted ads to households with the help of smart TVs. The group of nine companies is mainly comprised of TV networks such as NBCUniversal and CBS, both owned by Comcast, and AT&T's advertising firm Xandr.
»www.techspot.com/news/79 ··· -ad.html

camper
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I was wondering how long it would take before the evil marketers got a hold of this very precious screen space.

I like the use of the word "targeted" as if that makes it better.

I've noticed that I am seeing TiVo starting to put up advertising when I watch shows I have recorded.

It's enough to make me start reading books again....

Blackbird
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It's all in the fine tradition of modern business: leave no marketing opportunity or technology unexploited.
Kearnstd
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The question will come is when do they disallow use of the TV until you setup networking, That is when its time to grab the last of a previous generation TV set.

I mean as long as I own game consoles I will not see a need to enable smart features on a TV. I am pretty sure my PS4 will run any of those features better than a TV anyway and less risk of a loss of support in a year when a new TV comes out. I mean I think Sony is still patching the PS3.
HELLFIRE
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Inscape is a company to watch as they develop an open standard for TV manufacturers. Their purpose is to collect as much smart TV data as possible for advertising purposes.
said by Kearnstd:

The question will come is when do they disallow use of the TV until you setup networking,

Two words : "F**K NO!" I can't make it any shorter than that...

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tlbepson
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andyross...

I know what make of TV I'm NOT going to buy...'-}}



Anonymous_
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said by Kearnstd:

The question will come is when do they disallow use of the TV until you setup networking, That is when its time to grab the last of a previous generation TV set.

just set it up to a dead end router that is loopback

camper
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said by Anonymous_:

just set it up to a dead end router that is loopback

 

I have a LG DVD/Bluray player that likes to phone home with the titles of the discs I watch. It also contains a DLNA client that I like to use with my media server (J River).

I configured my DHCP serve (via host reservations) to assign the DVD/Bluray player an IP in the range that I block at my network firewall, so the player cannot get out to the Internet to phone home, but it can still "see" the media server for DLNA stuff.

But I have to ask... how long before the Vizio TV needs Internet access in order to function properly?

Anonymous_
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setup a fake server