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I'm pretty sure my Samsung smart TV has accessed the internet through the hdmi cable connected to a roku device. I never use the built in smart functionality but it definitely tries to insert itself whenever possible. It's very frustrating.


I knew HDMI over ethernet was possible, but didn't know you could do TCP over HDMI?


Yes, ethernet over HDMI is a thing:

https://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/hdmi_1_4/hec.aspx


It is, but it's pretty much a 0% chance that Roku's video output supports Ethernet passthrough.




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