[Tfug] GPL TV

[Mike Martinet]

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>> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:40:16 -0700
>> From: erich<erich1 at copper.net>
>> To: Tucson Free Unix Group<tfug at tfug.org>
>> Subject: [Tfug] GPL TV
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>>         When you buy a flat-screen "TV" these days, It's not your
>> grandfather's TV.
>> It's really a platform with open-source software that has a lot of
>> connectivity.
>> Mine is an LG 32LV3400. It comes with a manual the explains  all the
>> connections
>> save one. There is an intriguing connector labeled  "RS-232C(Control&
>> Service)"
>> Has anyone out there tried to control their "TV " in this way?
>>
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>> Erich
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My friend Dave, who has been a reverse-logistics manager for Dell, 
Philips, LG and others says:

"Serial ports on Philips TVs are used to access and flash firmware.

You could use it but then you might have a brick"


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