Philips manages to keep NetTV functions working on first smart TVs

Philips has managed to build in sha-2 support on its first smart TVs. This means that the smart TV functions on these TVs will still work. Originally, these features were supposed to stop working at the end of December.

According to a spokesperson, Philips managed to build in sha-2 support in the TVs in the course of December, just before Christmas. By the time Philips did this, the company had already received about 1,500 requests for Chromecasts and Fire TV Sticks from affected consumers. The company offered to compensate affected customers. The media players are no longer offered because the problem has been solved in a different way, but customers who have submitted a request in time will still receive the devices at home.

However, some customers receive a Google Chromecast while requesting an Amazon Fire TV Stick. Philips decided to do this because it turned out that the Fire TV Stick is not compatible with the company’s older smart TVs. That is why customers receive a Chromecast on the mat as standard. If you still want a Fire TV Stick, you can contact Philips, according to the spokesperson, after which this can still be arranged.

The company gave away the media players to owners of certain high-end Philips smart TVs from 2009. The twelve models in question from Philips are full-HD devices with screen diagonals from 32 to 47 inches. They are in the 8000 and 9000 series. These were labeled as high-end models. The televisions only supported secure connections with sha-1 certificates, which were phased out in 2016 by providers of services such as Netflix and YouTube. Therefore, the smart TV functionality would be completely removed and owners of the devices would be compensated, was the original plan.

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