• Faceman🇦🇺@discuss.tchncs.de
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      7 months ago

      Not sure if there’s a list, but most Android based TVs can be cleaned and modded to some degree via ADB. If you can access the dev settings in android, chances are you can do a lot to make it better, strip out some google or branded packages, replace the launcher to block OS level ads etc. Projectivy usually works well since it supports input switching on many devices, but it’s still better to do all of this to a separate box and then plug it into a TV that is firewalled/filtered/offline. more control and less to fuck up.

      Rooting and unlocking bootloaders is more complex as these android devices dont have normal recovery systems and require a lot of custom drivers to make the video and audio processing work, so it’s not worth going that far.

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        7 months ago

        I wonder if anyone has made a custom rom for TVs, sort like Lineage or Graphene. These panels run Android, so why not?

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          7 months ago

          I have seen some talk over on XDA forums, but since there is more to an android TV than just the basic android OS, it’s a bit trickier without risking losing licences/compatibility/DRM/features.

          Some older LG webOS tvs can be rooted and custom apps installed too such as ad free youtube players etc.

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            7 months ago

            Just found some LG business TVs/displays/signage that actually run Tizen. Remember that cool Linux distro that was supposed to take over the mobile world nearly 15 years ago? Well, turns out, it didn’t, but it didn’t it die completely either.

            Hopefully those panels are a bit more hackable or more privacy oriented.

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              7 months ago

              Gawd, not Tizen. Their documentation is horrendous, there’s no wonder it never took over if developers were mentally punished for thinking of creating apps for it.

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        7 months ago

        @melpomenesclevage
        Thats my plan. Installing #Kodi and install the #Zattoo and #Netflix Plugin for Kodi. And watching TV after that.

        The depressing point is:
        I need a VPN app like #NetGuard to block apps which violating my privacy.
        I need Kodi and #OpenSource Software to have a seamless integration of two Services in one app.

        But one thing is cool. The Rest API of Kodi will allow to steer the TV.
        I currently use the #libreelec on a raspi as an Alarmclock in the morning #nodered start online radio.

        If everything works there is a plan for may use it with #Moonlight as gamestation.
        In the near future I will also create a Videophone for my grandma with #Threema libre from #Fdroid.