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

Re:Ask HN: Where is the open source smart TV firmware? by f0e4c2f7 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:22AM (#28583155)

While I think this is a possible future, consider how many people today have trouble connecting their TV's to their home internet, or say don't know their own wifi password.

I think it may be some time before network connectivity is required on the majority of screens.

I can imagine it happening with scattered brands here and there. The bigger concern for me would be connecting to my neighbors ring or adding one of those low bandwidth lte network cards.

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Re:Ask HN: Where is the open source smart TV firmware? by xg15 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:45AM (#28583266)

My guess is, we'll just skip the "wifi required" phase and go straight to "lte/5g/ring connectivity built-in". It's already like this with cars.

I can easily image a future where it's not even advertised anymore whether your device has a cloud connection or not - you just find its behaviour has magically changed one day.

I also expect other manufacturers to follow Amazon's example and create their own "ring" networks. So your Samsung TV might connect to the neighbor's Galaxy phone which is logged into their wifi, etc...

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Re:Ask HN: Where is the open source smart TV firmware? by f0e4c2f7 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @12:37PM (#28585666)

Wow I hadn't considered other companies doing what Amazon has done with sharing home wifi. That's a really good point.

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