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remav
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Post subject: The Chinese are spying on my LD viewing. Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 19:54 |
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Joined: 15 Aug 2018, 02:00 Posts: 100 Location: United States Has thanked: 2 times Been thanked: 13 times
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...Ok, so probably not the Chinese per se, ...more likely my Roku account is the beneficiary of the data, but... I've been working on yesterday's garage sale find, a near mint Kenwood LVD-300. Took a little work, but finally seems to open/close/play without error *almost* every time. Last thing I did was to insert Jurassic Park CAV to test the step/multi speed functions. So, I let it begin playing to the Universal Earth Turning logo & it tested perfectly as I stepped through a few frames & tried the multi speed. Suddenly in the bottom of my bargain basement TCL 49S401 Roku TV a couple of options appeared labeled "More Ways to Watch" & "Play from Beginning". A generic picture of a Jurassic Park cover displayed with this. I didn't have time to press the indicated "*" on my remote to invoke the options to explore further & so far I've been unable to reproduce it. I shouldn't be shocked at this. I work for a large telco & know we grab every piece of information that technology will enable us to grab, but I really hadn't thought that any output from my Laserdisc player would be snooped & identified on the back end. (so be careful where you play your pron ) Anyone else had this happen & know how I might get it to happen again? My guess is that it would bring up the same screen as one gets with a voice search on Roku.
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remav
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Post subject: Re: The Chinese are spying on my LD viewing. Posted: 03 Jun 2019, 16:52 |
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Joined: 15 Aug 2018, 02:00 Posts: 100 Location: United States Has thanked: 2 times Been thanked: 13 times
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No offense taken at your healthy skepticism. My jaw dropped. I had the player running through my receiver & HDMI into the TCL, which certainly presents an easy opportunity for the TV to do the same kind of check that any simple song recognition app can now perform. The voice remote already needs something on the back end to process the sound & figure out where & how I can watch a movie, so there's no magic. I'm just not sure how I tripped it. I didn't have the TV remote in hand as I performed the LD tests. I'll keep trying to reproduce. As for the TCL purchase, I have to say its quite amazing for a 49" 4K UHD for well under $300, while solving: 1) Spouse factor. (Stated not allowed to go larger & this 49" was actually a bit smaller than the ancient Philips 43" due to bezel) 2) Built in Roku meant I was able to gain a needed HDMI input. 3) Satisfied #1 & #2 while leaving me enough money to continue adding to my LD collection
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rein-o
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Post subject: Re: The Chinese are spying on my LD viewing. Posted: 03 Jun 2019, 18:07 |
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Joined: 03 May 2004, 19:05 Posts: 8106 Location: Dullaware Has thanked: 1219 times Been thanked: 844 times
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remav wrote: "There is no privacy; only privacy settings." (Can't remember where I read that... so true.) Power off is your privacy.
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forper
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Post subject: Re: The Chinese are spying on my LD viewing. Posted: 05 Jun 2019, 21:20 |
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Joined: 01 May 2016, 06:38 Posts: 2040 Location: Australia Has thanked: 334 times Been thanked: 222 times
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signofzeta wrote: T I’ll have to make sure I don’t accidentally buy anything with voice control. I can’t imagine what on Earth I’d ever want it for though. Try nothing with a mic. You don't have a cell phone?
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