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Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by magduf on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @10:55AM (#21703230)
>I opened a more modern cheap smart TV. Inside were three boards: Power supply & backlight inverter,

How "modern" was this TV? Don't they all use LED backlights now? Backlight inverters should be obsolete now.

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Re:FBI warns that connected televisions can provide hackers ... by MisterTea on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @11:26AM (#21703548)
It was about 3 years old at the time. And I believe it was an LED backlight so I should have said regulator or perhaps driver instead of inverter but close enough.
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