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Porn Displayed On Best Buy Television

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Porn Displayed On Best Buy Television

GREENVILLE, S.C. --

Best Buy's corporate office is apologizing for the incident that was apparently witnessed by numerous customers, including young children.

"It was extremely, extremely pornographic image," customer Gloria Berg says. "I think even the word 'pornographic' doesn't cover it. I have never watched pornography, so I don't know what else you can see there, but to me, I really felt extremely violated."

Berg was inside the store with her son and his children. She says they were looking at the store's display of 55-inch screen smart televisions when a pornographic photo of a man and woman suddenly popped up.

She says the image stayed up for several minutes before the manager came over and took it down, and by then, several horrified families had seen it.

She says the manager told her someone had used the store's WI-FI to upload the image to the TV's.

She says the manager told her the same thing had happened the night before and there was nothing the store could do about it.

"They, like, brush it off like it's...who cares? Nobody cares. It's pornography. And we are getting adjusted to that kind of mentality. That's why we are losing our morals," Berg says.

Management at the Greenville Best Buy wouldn't talk to 7 On Your Side about the incident, so we called the corporate office, which sent us the following statement.

"Two individuals accessed our store's wireless signal to broadcast inappropriate content on a smart television display. In both cases, we worked immediately to disable the inappropriate content. We greatly apologize for this unfortunate incident and we are working to ensure that it does not happen again."

Maybe I should have put this one in the Science and Tech section???

Best buy would not tell us if it has identified the individuals behind this, and if so, if it will pursue criminal charges.

But the Berg family has filed a complaint with police for dissemination of pornographic material.

Greenville police say the case hasn't yet been assigned to an investigator, but it will be.

Officials say they would actually need to see the image that was on the TVs to determine if any state or local laws were violated.

They haven't yet contacted Best Buy to see if the image was saved.

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1. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 416 threads 7,008 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

   1   11:58pm Wed 22 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (2)   The image stayed up for several minutes? She probably had to watch it the entire time to ensure that she was horibbly shocked rather than just a little bit... ...and she's probably replaying it in her head, over & over. Poor woman.

2. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 434 threads 4,247 comments Baltimore, MD

   2   12:49pm Thu 23 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   I love to watch porn while I shop. That's why I shop the on internet. I can get free porn AND great prices and service on electronics - both at the same time.

3. jvolstad Follow Befriend (4) 1,003 threads 1,146 comments San Antonio, TX jvolstad's website

   3   4:15pm Thu 23 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   How do I miss all these great events? ;-)

4. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 209 threads 4,509 comments Davis, CA

   4   7:13am Mon 27 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   zzyzzx says They haven't yet contacted Best Buy to see if the image was saved. This story really needs a followup. Perhaps some of the witnesses could make sketches? If it were accurately described I'm sure I could match it from my archives.

5. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   5   7:39am Wed 7 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   zzyzzx says I love to watch porn while I shop. That's why I shop the on internet. I can get free porn AND great prices and service on electronics - both at the same time. Isn't that why the internet was invented?

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   6   10:34am Wed 7 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   zzyzzx says Two individuals accessed our store's wireless signal to broadcast inappropriate content on a smart television display. The appropriate, mature response to this is a good chuckle. Two teen hackers played a prank.

7. simchaland Follow Befriend (6) 10 threads 1,234 comments Oakland, CA

   7   1:39pm Wed 7 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   I have to review this to make sure I'm properly offended. Is this going to trial? Can I sign up to be on the jury? If you're on the jury do they let you take materials home for review?

8. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 416 threads 7,008 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

   8   1:23am Thu 8 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   simchaland says Is this going to trial? Probably, as soon as they pry the video out of that poor, traumatized woman's hands.

9. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

   9   7:11am Thu 8 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   elliemae says Probably, as soon as they pry the video out of that poor, traumatized woman's hands. Traumatized woman: "it's mine...all mine...my precious!..."

10. simchaland Follow Befriend (6) 10 threads 1,234 comments Oakland, CA

    10   4:57pm Thu 8 Mar 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   wthrfrk80 says elliemae says Probably, as soon as they pry the video out of that poor, traumatized woman's hands. Traumatized woman: "it's mine...all mine...my precious!..." "Lord of the Rings" takes on a whole new story line here. Maybe the movie was called, "The Two Towers," and it was about... well...