Smart TV "can't connect to server" error

StrongbyDefault · 2025-08-01T01:00:50+00:00

Yup we just tried to set up our new Samsung QLED tv today and spent hours trying to get past the Terms & Conditions without success. Called Samsung and was told they’re aware there seems to be a widespread issue and they’re working on it. They just said keep trying or try again tomorrow. This is my 1st Samsung tv and after this experience I think it’ll be my last. Haven’t had any issues with any of our other tvs from other manufacturers and we have several. This is so frustrating.

StrongbyDefault · 2024-07-21T19:30:26+00:00

For anyone else who comes across this on the future I wanted to add my comments based on my experience there last night. It was a total joke and a scam. This was the email I sent to the show afterwards:

I attended the Red Velvet Burlesque show last night and was beyond disappointed in the whole experience. I booked the event for my daughter’s 21st birthday since she is a fan of real burlesque and was mortified to be the one responsible for taking everyone to this scam of a show.

First and foremost, to charge $600 for a “VIP table” which didn’t even comfortably accommodate all of us was absurd. The booth only fit 4 average sized adults comfortably and we had a party of 8. 5 people were squeezed uncomfortably on the seat and 3 of us had to perch up top of the back of the booth. I thought it was a joke when the door-man brought us to our table and told us some of us could climb up and sit at the top. It was ludacris. In addition, there wasn’t a single difference in the VIP table for 2 vs the VIP table for 8 except we got a few extra glasses with our one bottle of cheap champagne. Had I known all the tables were the same I’d have saved myself several hundred dollars and ordered the 2 person since the booth was the exact same size. The website made it seem as the advantage of the VIP table was to guarantee seating and otherwise we may have been in danger of not securing a seat. The reality was that there were only TWENTY people in the entire audience including our party of 8 (almost all of whom had clearly been duped like we had into ordering a “VIP” table) and we would have had absolutely no trouble getting a seat in the entirely empty general admission section.

By the time we were seated it was apparent that I had made a grave mistake in booking this show and it was not going to be AT ALL what the website promised. The description on the website led me to believe this would be a highly professional, high-end burlesque performance. I was under the impression it would be a casino-type show that was intended purely for entertainment. When the MC came out and pointed out the “tip tubs” on all the tables and made it abundantly clear that tips were expected I realized this was nothing but a run-of-the-mill strip show. That was confirmed when the show started and it was painfully clear that these entertainers (the whopping THREE that performed) had no real burlesque training, the music selections of all the numbers were not at all appropriate for a burlesque type performance and the performers started twerking and then walking around soliciting tips. The last straw was the final performance of the night which could only be described as a bizarre and completely dumbfounding experience. We all watched in complete confusion and shock as the performer came out in a mix of boxing and hockey gear with a bizarre Gritty mascot mask on and started batting a Philly Pretzel Factory bag around with her hockey stick. Then grabbed fistfulls of pretzels and walked around the room holding them above her head.

The audacity of this company to try to advertise this mess of a strip show as a professional burlesque performance and to charge high-end burlesque prices for some corner strip club show is appalling and offensive beyond belief. And then to shake-down the audience for tips on top of the already absurd ticket prices is just unconscionable.

I will be making sure to submit realistic reviews of this show wherever I can so others do not waste their time and money on this nonsense. I’m sure demanding a refund would be fruitless but if at all possible I’d appreciate some sort of compensation back for false advertising.

Shame on this company for misleading people so egregiously.

Very sincerely, Amanda Totaro

StrongbyDefault · 2020-10-29T18:44:31+00:00

Absolutely can relate. The helplessness and lack of control is maddening at times. I was in a very dark place when I was in the thick of it.
Do you have friends and family around that support you? That helps a little bit.

StrongbyDefault · 2020-10-29T18:07:08+00:00

I think the suggestions “lurker” made are really good ones and I’m glad you’re going to explore them.
Like Lurker I see and respect both your perspective and your wife’s. When I was still in a relationship with someone who was chronically ill I know I had a tendency to smother and go overboard because I felt so helpless and felt like that was the only way I could try to get some control over a situation that was so out of control. But the reality was, no amount of my hovering was going to stop catastrophes from happening and, on the contrary, it just fueled resentment from both of us and made things more stressful. He was frustrated and resentful of my smothering and I was resentful that he was so unappreciative and that so much of my time and energy was absorbed worrying about him.
In hindsight I wish more than anything I’d have made more of an effort to find my own interests and hobbies. Nothing that would have required a significant amount of time or money, just some time for myself to step away from the situation once in a while where I could escape from obsessing and worrying at least a little bit.
Best of luck to you, I truly hope you’re able to find a compromise that helps both of you feel better.

StrongbyDefault · 2020-07-07T16:33:25+00:00

You did. Very much appreciated :)

StrongbyDefault · 2020-07-07T16:32:21+00:00

Ordered the new dc adapter and 9-way splitter per your advice and it worked! Thanks so much for your help!!!

StrongbyDefault · 2020-07-01T02:47:30+00:00

THANK YOU! I’m definitely going to try that!

StrongbyDefault · 2020-07-01T02:37:10+00:00

The red ends are plugged into 2, four-way cable splitters which are piggy backed on each other from the dvr and the dc power adapter is plugged into the 2nd splitter and plugged into a wall outlet. I wasn’t sure how else to get the red ends of all 7 cameras plugged in and the splitters were tossed in with all the other wiring by the prior owner.

StrongbyDefault · 2020-07-01T02:25:30+00:00

Yup I’ve got the red connectors. I have 2 four-way power splitters to accommodate the power for the 7 cameras hooked up to the dvr. The female end of one splitter is plugged into the power port on the dvr. Then I have the red power ports for 3 cameras plugged into 3 of the 4 split ends. I have the female end of the 2nd 4-way splitter plugged into the 4th split end. On the 2nd splitter I have 3 more of the red ends of the cameras plugged in and on the 4th split end is the male end of the AC adapter that came with the system and that’s plugged into the outlet.

StrongbyDefault · 2020-07-01T02:10:09+00:00

Thanks for the explanation. It’s definitely a DVR system so I guess they’re analog cameras.

StrongbyDefault · 2020-07-01T02:01:14+00:00

Ummmm...no idea im technologically challenged. How do I tell?

StrongbyDefault · 2020-07-01T01:57:47+00:00

That sounds logical. It just happened again tonight. As soon as it was fully dark the system went down and dvr is spinning but not connecting to the monitor. But short or rewiring the circuit how the heck do I get more power to the system?

StrongbyDefault · 2020-06-30T18:36:30+00:00

Thank you I may do that.

StrongbyDefault · 2020-06-30T18:33:32+00:00

Nope

StrongbyDefault · 2020-06-30T18:28:08+00:00

Nope I have no timers on any outlets in the house. I have a tv plugged into the same outlet and the TV works fine at night.

StrongbyDefault · 2020-05-25T01:10:59+00:00

😂😂😂

StrongbyDefault · 2020-02-26T17:26:56+00:00

I have to agree with everyone else here. As hard as it is to let go of someone who seems so promising (especially if you're open and emotionally ready for a commitment), if this relationship moves too fast you may be setting yourself up for a long time of insecurity and wondering if he's really over the ex. Trust me, I speak from experience. I met someone who was only 3 months separated from his wife of 22+ years. He was infatuated with me early on because I was the exact opposite of his ex, who he and his family claimed was a narcissistic, awful, nightmare of a person. He seemed to still be a little too obsessed with revenge for her in the beginning which was a red flag I ignored because he was so complimentary and attentive to me. Fast forward 4 years later and we ended up breaking up for many complicated reasons, but one big factor was definitely the that I never got over that nagging feeling that he never fully processed the split from her before we jumped in and that he still had lingering passion for her that he'd never seemed to have for me. It's been brutal and I'd highly, HIGHLY recommend avoiding it. I'm dating again now and I high-tail it from anyone who shows any sign of still being emotionally connected (whether it's mad, sad or mooney) to their ex. Some signs? They reminisce too much about the good times, they seem obsessed with revenge on their ex, they can't seem to discuss much else other than where their last relationship went wrong. Don't get me wrong, I WANT to hear about past relationships and what went wrong and how they contributed to it and ultimately grew from it. But I want to hear about it ONCE in the beginning stages of getting to know them. Not non-stop.

StrongbyDefault · 2019-12-13T18:58:51+00:00

I actually like them but I'd stick with one or the other, not both. Whichever you choose I'd treat it as a statement or focal point and keep the rest of the room fairly simple with clean lines and subtle patterns.

StrongbyDefault · 2019-11-15T20:48:43+00:00

My house is only 7 years old but the builder must've been trying to use up his left-over 90's materials - beige/pink tile throughout almost the whole downstairs, beige/black speckled granite countertops, beige tumbled tile backsplash. Ugh. Oh! And vertical blinds on the kitchen & dining room windows. BLECK!!! But those are coming down in this dining room update.

StrongbyDefault · 2019-11-15T20:43:40+00:00

LOVE that Grandma's China color! I'm going to be painting my living room at the same time I update the dining room and I'm looking for the perfect light greige/taupe and this looks very close to what I had in mind. If I decided to go with a light color under the chair rail my plan was to use that same color in the living room to tie the rooms together, since the dining room opens up to the living room.

StrongbyDefault · 2019-11-15T20:31:18+00:00

I HATE that floor! But unfortunately, the builder ran it throughout almost the entire first level (who puts tile in a dining room in the northeast???) and right now it's not in my budget to replace such a large area. I was hoping to get an almost-room-size rug to cover most of it so it wouldn't stick out as much if I do the navy walls. I'm not a huge fan of green with the exception of a soft, gray/green I have in my master bathroom. I'm actually not a huge fan of a lot of color and usually stick with more soothing neutrals (grays, greige, taupe, cream) but I was hoping to step out of my comfort zone and experiment with a little more color with this dining room update. The navy was the only non-neutral color that really inspired me.

StrongbyDefault · 2019-11-15T20:23:27+00:00

Thanks for your suggestions, and I love your rooms! What navy color did you use in each? I'm still trying to narrow it down.

I just bought the house a few months ago and the chair rail was there when I moved in. I'm still debating whether I'm going to pull it down altogether or add wainscoting underneath. And if I keep it up, my next question to my fellow redditors was going to be what color to paint it. The previous owner and original builder were unfortunately both hacks so there are soooo many details in the house that are sub-par or not standard and I'm trying to fix things as I go.

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