Any reader who has bought a TV in recent years will know that it’s now almost impossible to buy one that’s just a TV. Instead they are all “smart” TVs, with an on-board computer running a custom OS with a pile of streaming apps installed. It fits an age in which linear broadcast TV is looking increasingly archaic, but it brings with it a host of new challenges.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://hackaday.com/2024/04/23/your-smart-tv-does-4k-surround-sound-denial-of-service/