The household television in the family room is a Samsung UN70KU6290FXZC:
The last firmware update version is 1250.2 from November 4th, 2021, about five years after the initial version 1121.1 on June 25th, 2016.
Technically a 30-feet cable is 9.144 metres, whereas a 10-metre cable is about 32-feet 9.7 inches.
You’re straining at a gnat, you were supposed to swallow that camel!
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I don’t see how this would get me a large screen TV viewing experience. 
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I would think, … (presuming the TV has an HDMI port and so does your laptop), I would think you can get any streaming service you can subscribe to.
Someone may shoot me down if I’m technically wrong here. One may be stuck with the tinny audio of the laptop and not the TV. I haven’t tried it yet, the cable is still in the bag.
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Nah, HDMI carries audio too if you want.
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Yeah, I already have this working with my present TV: miniLinuxPCwith BT&WiFi > HDMI > TV + external surround sound system + BT Logitech keyboard with trackpad as a “remote.”
Video streaming subscription via LibreWolf browser (with tracking protection), viewed on the TV screen. Surprisingly, the commercial video streaming service I subscribe to doesn’t even require me to enable DRM and doesn’t complain about my always-on VPN. 
VLC Media Player for viewing DVDs (or video files).
Although my present TV is not connected to the internet, someday it will likely die and need to be replaced. I would prefer something that hasn’t gone all-in on evil. 
Hence my tongue-in-cheek reference to “Librem 55.”
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Just my 2 bits 100 bits (inflation) of yammering…
I am amazed at the number of people and what they’ll spend so they can watch commercials interrupted sometimes by a program.
After about 25 years of service, I lost my TV signals from Shaw Cable and after 3 months agreed that they simply cannot send a signal to my house any longer. I pulled the power cord off the wall and send the 36" (or 48" - can’t remember - no matter) analog to the recycle.
When I realized that as a consumer, I help pay to create, and shove ads at us/me telling me I need to buy - buy and buy more of everything. I would have had to get rid of it one day anyway.
My deal with Shaw was a multi-plan - cheaper if I included Internet, Phone, and TV package. When I had to cancel TV they could no longer serve any longer, they upped the phone and Internet rates because “It’s not a package deal”. It ended up costing me more for something I didn’t have any more.
I went after them and months later, got a deal that worked out better. Then they sold us customers out to ISP Rogers. No more deals. Under a new digital slum lord (Rogers) I pay for “up to” 1Gbps yet I get 25 Mbps and pay for 1Gbps. It now costs me $110.17 for Internet, and = $14+ more a month for 40% less.
It’s the new way of doing business these days - pay for what you have - pay more for what you don’t want.
Conclusion. I very rarely see any ads. My Internet speed usually was higher - near the 1Gb mark and now it’s 25Mp, but a visit from a tech will fix that. So I don’t see me ever wanting anything to do with TV ever again. I quit smoking cigs about 35 years ago. I don’t miss it, want it, and same applies to the commercial & spy TV.
Think of the money I saved with not buying a TV every time it grows a inch. I also saved the monthly robbery fee for loads of channels and their ads.
Think about it. Do you really need to spend all that money so the TV can learn more about you and pound you with commercials?
Done yammering…
~s
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