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I had an movie collection stored on a shared windows hard drive.

I recently bought a new LG smart TV and immediately strange things would occur.

Movies that worked once fine now would lack audio on playback. Then finally a film played back with the directors cut dubbed in. There was still only one audio track. Just not the movies original.

Upon inspection I discovered that a bunch of movies all of which now had audio issues, were no longer the sub 2gb size as originally but rather 8 or 10 gig.

I ran all the anti-virus software I could and found nothing.

So I wiped the operating system and rebuilt the pc as a Linux box. Now when I inspected the hard drive I found a hidden file that opened up a folder named LG and within were a bunch of encrypted and unencrypted files and images referring to my movie collection.

The consumer is no longer sacred and respected but sold out at every opportunity.

This is my warning. But I'm not tech savvy enough to offer more specifics.

I had an movie collection stored on a shared windows hard drive. I recently bought a new LG smart TV and immediately strange things would occur. Movies that worked once fine now would lack audio on playback. Then finally a film played back with the directors cut dubbed in. There was still only one audio track. Just not the movies original. Upon inspection I discovered that a bunch of movies all of which now had audio issues, were no longer the sub 2gb size as originally but rather 8 or 10 gig. I ran all the anti-virus software I could and found nothing. So I wiped the operating system and rebuilt the pc as a Linux box. Now when I inspected the hard drive I found a hidden file that opened up a folder named LG and within were a bunch of encrypted and unencrypted files and images referring to my movie collection. The consumer is no longer sacred and respected but sold out at every opportunity. This is my warning. But I'm not tech savvy enough to offer more specifics.

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[–] • 3 pts

Not sure if good advice or wants more business.... ;)

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

Buy the old fashioned Whirlpool/Amana lines. I don't even work on LG or Samsung products, not for ten years. Junk. All calls are told to call the manufacturer. One of my old videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyQzokSVVrc

[–] • 1 pt

You said old fashioned Whirlpool / Amana lines. What do you mean old fashioned, as inused over x years old?

Or are their latest offerings on the market okay?

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

Sorry, been watching DUNE with wife. Okay, the lowest end Whirlpool an Amanas are cheap, usually white. Top loader washer, top freezer whiteish fridge. The dryer with the lint screen on top (not in the door) is the best dryer machine ever made. Same for dish washers. Cheapest white one is always the longest lasting.

My matching set are about 12 years old with only 3 water filter replacements on the fridge ever needed. No real repairs ever.

Wierdest and unrepairable machine i ever encountered was this washer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naumkNgeFFw