Samsung has imposed a ban on all TVs stolen in South Africa during the July looting, making them inoperable.
The company said it had imposed the ban by setting up a system to turn off all stolen TVs.
The TVs can work if the user of the stolen TV is using the internet illegally, according to Samsung.
The system checked the TV's subscription list before banning its use.
South Africa has been embroiled in a series of violent protests for weeks, with more than 300 people killed and property worth more than millions of rands.
Some of the items reported during the riots are modern TVs.
The move to ban the use of TV remotely has been praised by network users and has been able to prevent such crimes. One person said Samsung was retaliating against the looters with electronic intentions and another said there were further reasons not to connect the TV to the internet ".
