Ask HN: Where is the open source smart TV firmware?

Re:Ask HN: Where is the open source smart TV firmware? by na85 on Saturday September 18, 2021 @11:37PM (#28581470)

When tinkering with black box hardware you run the risk of bricking it.

I'd be a little upset if I bricked my router. If I owned a 5000$ TV and bricked that I'd be extremely, extremely upset.

I'm sure that the price point discourages tinkering.

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Re:Ask HN: Where is the open source smart TV firmware? by Anunayj on Saturday September 18, 2021 @11:42PM (#28581500)

not to mention all kinds of anti-piracy/DRM measures that are usually baked into these machines, and things like HDPC [1] that are made to make this kind of tinkering a absolute pain in the arse.

To add to that this is such a niche market that nobody really cares. It's wayyy easier to just pirate the shows you want to watch and just play them locally via HDMI.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content...

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Re:Ask HN: Where is the open source smart TV firmware? by complianceowl on Sunday September 19, 2021 @12:36AM (#28581730)

What is a good place to seek out those shows?

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Re:Ask HN: Where is the open source smart TV firmware? by rswail on Sunday September 19, 2021 @03:09AM (#28582315)

The internet is known to be a hive of villainy and scurrilous behavior... I suggest starting there...

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Re:Ask HN: Where is the open source smart TV firmware? by accountofme on Monday September 20, 2021 @05:13AM (#28591699)

As with everything there are ways of mitigating risk. Buy a broken one, or even just the motherboard?

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