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Re:Amazon Sidewalk by goda90 on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @11:05AM (#27118934)
An interesting product could be a TV with swap-able boards. One could be a simple dumb board with inputs, or you could switch it out for a board with privacy oriented smart features. There could also be a gaming targeted board with more even more power. I don't know much about driving LCD/OLED panels, but maybe it could also be useful for updating specs, like you could just upgrade the board when there's a new HDMI version or HDR standard, or to add hardware acceleration for a new codec.
Re:Amazon Sidewalk by pupdogg on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @11:16AM (#27119103)
The gallery I showcased is already semi-swappable in that sense. You are able to change the driving board out for another board or LVDS compatible PC/RaspPi. However, if I'm understanding what you're saying, I think you mean swapping capability similar to a rackmount server hard-drive. Sure, that can be designed and implemented with some effort...let's say 2-3 weeks time.
Re:Amazon Sidewalk by jonatron on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @11:10AM (#27119004)
Search for "Universal LCD TV Controller" or similar, it's sometimes already possible.