[pbnjeh]

I may well be wrong, but I have a vague recollection of reading that some devices can enable/share an Ethernet connection over their HDMI ports.

I worried a bit about this when I was deciding to provide content to my unnetworked Toshiba Fire TV using a Roku device.

Yeah, Roku... at least it's not Amazon, hopefully it's not communicating what's on other HDMI sources, and so far the TV's not superimposing its own ad streams.

Whole setup was bought piecemeal on sale, and was a "good enough" compromise for the limited stuff I watch.

P.S. The TV's just old enough that, especially without any updates, I may have escaped the open/public/mesh wifi "enhancements" that apparently are becoming more common. I guess I should poke through settings and see whether I can find a system and/or firmware date or version number...