A number of owners of smart Samsung TVs in Europe have been having a bad August.  A firmware update pushed out by the company has essentially bricked a variety of 50"Ultra HD and 49" 4K displays.  After the update they received a single channel at a single volume and the ownership of the remote was no longer fought for.  Samsung did not have a comment for The Register but a forum post suggests a fix is coming soon however it will require sending said TV into a repair shop.  Be careful if you see a pending update and do your best to postpone it for now; if you can.

"Interestingly, Samsung's US support forum contains no mention of any similar problem, suggesting the bad firmware update may be limited to the UK or European region."

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