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What's really sad about smart TV's is they are essentially an all-in-one computer with no access to the computer part. For example inside an insignia smart TV I
by MisterTea 7y ago
What's really sad about smart TV's is they are essentially an all-in-one computer with no access to the computer part. For example inside an insignia smart TV I opened were three boards: power supply, LCD interface board, SoC/input board. The SoC board is pretty much a full motherboard as it had RAM, Flash, along with the Video and audio ports plus WiFi, Ethernet and USB.
It then struck me: "Has someone hacked a different OS onto one of these bad boys?" I couldn't find anything but some forum posts saying it's impossible as unfortunately the TV SoC's are all highly proprietary. Now just imagine if we could get access to those SoC's. Run linux, custom menus, remote mapping, control via ethernet/wifi, better settings management, run kodi on the tv, etc. It's massively frustrating.
- MasterScrat 7y agoMeh, just hook a raspberry pi to your TV and that's it.
- MisterTea 7y agoOf course this is the easiest way but honestly why create more waste? If there is a perfectly functional CPU/RAM/Storage in the TV then why not let us use it?
- jaclaz 7y agoThere are alternatives for Samsung and LG, examples: https://www.samygo.tv/ https://www.samygo.tv/ http://openlgtv.org.ru/wiki/index.php/LGMOD http://openlgtv.org.ru/wiki/index.php/LGMOD Of course it depends from models and what not, so YMMV, but essentially they run a Linux of sorts without providing the source code of "key" parts and "locking it down" as much as they can, if someone manages to workaround these "locks" ... Here is a thread about installing "full" Ubuntu/Debian on a Samsung, but it is from a few years ago, so likely this is only possible to "old" TV's: https://forum.samygo.tv/viewtopic.php?t=7898 https://forum.samygo.tv/viewtopic.php?t=7898