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[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (14 children)

Other than my computer, phone and xbox, I own nothing at all that can connect to the Internet. It's incredibly stupid.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago (12 children)

I have a smart TV and a Bluray player as well, but other than that, only phones, computers, and my Switch connect to the internet. My next TV will likely not be smart, because screw ads, and I've ripped all of my Blurays.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why does a Blu-ray player need to connect to the Internet?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It can play Netflix and a few other streaming services. But more importantly, I was able to stream videos to it through DLNA.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Oh, that's cool!

[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago

Bd players need internet as they only have keys for the discs made before they were made. So if you stick a newer disc in it won't play until it gets updated.

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