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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'
by na85 5y ago
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.
- Anunayj 5y agonot 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_Protection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content...
- complianceowl 5y agoWhat is a good place to seek out those shows?
- rswail 5y agoThe internet is known to be a hive of villainy and scurrilous behavior... I suggest starting there...
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- accountofme 5y agoAs with everything there are ways of mitigating risk. Buy a broken one, or even just the motherboard?