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By the way, HDMI supports an Ethernet channel. Depeding on your setup, it may be possible for the TV to get online without a Wifi password or any cables other than power+HDMI.

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This happened to a friend with a Samsung TV. One of his devices relayed Ethernet via HDMI to the Samsung and suddenly it started a firmware upgrade.

Pretty valuable feedback! I will just make sure to use an HDMI cable supporting older version of the standard. That should do the trick.

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