Your older LG OLED TV will soon be cursed with screensaver ads – here’s how to banish them
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LG
OLED
TV
models
are
now
getting
screensaver
ads
by
default
The
full-screen
ads
are
often
LG-related
but
also
include
third-party
ones
There
is
a
simple
way
to
turn
them
off
in
your
TV’s
settings
It’s
already
pretty
hard
to
avoid
being
bombarded
with
TV
ads,
whether
you’re
watching
Prime
Video
or
pausing
YouTube
–
and
LG
is
now
making
things
a
little
worse
by
bringing
its
pesky
screensaver
ads
to
older
OLED
TV
models.
Last
month,
we
reported
that
recent
LG
TVs,
including
premium
OLEDs,
were
sneakily
starting
to
show
screensaver
ads
after
sets
had
been
left
idle
for
a
while.
Some
testing
on
our
own
LG
G4
confirmed
that
to
be
the
case.
Now,
FlatpanelsHD
is
reporting
that
those
ads
are
rolling
out
to
older
models
dating
back
to
2020,
too.
If
you
own
LG
models
like
the
LG
GX
OLED
(2020),
LG
B1
OLED
(2021)
or
LG
B2
OLED
(2022),
you
could
soon
see
the
screensaver
ads
turned
on
by
default.
It
seems
they’re
also
spreading
to
more
recent
models
like
the
LG
C4
OLED
(2024),
which
is
galling
considering
we
consider
it
to
otherwise
be
one
of
the
best
TVs
you
can
buy.
Currently,
the
full-screen
ads
appear
to
be
largely
LG-related,
promoting
LG’s
own
channels.
But
an
article
from
LG
Ad
Solutions
previously
suggested
they
could
eventually
be
expanded
to
include
third-party
ones
–
and
there’s
evidence
on
Reddit
that
this
might
already
be
happening.
Fortunately,
there
is
a
way
to
turn
them
off…
How
to
turn
them
off
For
now,
there
is
a
simple
way
to
turn
off
the
screensaver
ads
on
your
LG
TV
(above).
(Image
credit:
Future)
There
is
currently
a
simple
way
to
remove
the
default
screensaver
ads
on
your
LG
TV.
Just
go
to
Settings
>
General
>
System
Settings
>
Additional
Settings,
then
scroll
down
to
the
unsubtly-named
Screen
Saver
Promotion.
Toggle
this
off
and
you’ll
be
spared
any
more
unsavory
promos
when
your
TV
is
idle.
Hopefully,
this
option
will
remain
in
the
menus
of
LG
TVs,
because
watching
actual
TV
shows
is
quickly
becoming
a
sideshow
to
being
blasted
with
ads
on
many
streaming
platforms.
Earlier
this
month,
the
Financial
Times
reported
that
ads
on
Prime
Video
would
“ramp
up
a
little
bit
more
into
2025”
(according
to
Head
of
Prime
Video
International,
Kelly
Day).
That
follows
the
streaming
service
asking
viewers
to
pay
an
extra
$2.99/£2.99
a
month
to
be
spared
from
ads
earlier
this
year.
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But
Prime
Video
and
LG
are
far
from
alone,
with
YouTube
recently
introducing
pause
screen
ads
and
Roku
delivering
Instagram-style
shoppable
ads
to
smart
TVs.
Let’s
just
hope
the
best
smart
glasses
like
the
Meta
Ray-Bans
don’t
start
getting
similar
ideas.
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