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Re:OpenLGTV: Legal reverse engineering and research of LG TV... by deckiedan on Thursday November 25, 2021 @01:50AM (#29338852)
I think there could be a bit of a market in installations / events.

Often smaller installs / live events people want simple non-smart screens for all kinds of things (on stage, in waiting areas, musician cues, info to crew, signage, etc), and although it's possible to buy expensive "monitors" that do it - being able to use cheap and large domestic kit with much faster startup and no extra crap, and no logos being displayed while booting or if it loses signal or whatever would be very desirable.

Re:OpenLGTV: Legal reverse engineering and research of LG TV... by baq on Thursday November 25, 2021 @03:01AM (#29339228)
These are called digital signage displays - they have rs232 control ports, are a bit more ruggedly built, have a bit more cooling and are twice as expensive if not more than a civilian tv - if somebody sells one to you at all.
Re:OpenLGTV: Legal reverse engineering and research of LG TV... by colordrops on Thursday November 25, 2021 @12:05PM (#29342965)
You can buy some brands on B&H.
Re:OpenLGTV: Legal reverse engineering and research of LG TV... by colordrops on Thursday November 25, 2021 @02:23AM (#29339002)
These exist. Even LG sells them. They are just a lot more expensive.
Re:OpenLGTV: Legal reverse engineering and research of LG TV... by 3guk on Thursday November 25, 2021 @03:00AM (#29339221)
Most of the time - at least within events, we end up using "Hotel Mode" to disable some of the features or force the LCD to always boot up into a specific source.