The curious case of a living room screen making Windows’ Settings app disappear.
Never connect a smart TV to the internet. Always buy them from a store with a good return policy. If it doesn’t work without an internet connection, then return it.
I’ve had the same early smart TV for about ten years now. The greatest thing that happened to it was the WiFi dying. I suspect I wouldn’t have it anymore if that weren’t the case.
It’s a 42" Samsung if anyone is curious, and the WiFi just… Stopped working.
I don’t think I would ever buy a Samsung TV knowing what I do about them now. Not sure I would ever buy a smart TV at all.
I wouldn’t either. Dumb TVs are getting harder and harder to find though.
Culprit 1: Stupid TV that has no business connecting to the internet, but if it must, definitely not like that.
Culprit 2: Windows’ behaving stupidly where so many things break because of how it handles other devices on the network.
If you need to use the Smart TV, setup a vlan on your network, or connect the tv to the guest wifi.
Disable uPNP in Windows! And in your router
