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Voyager - it was on f droid and it works.

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I believe Intel is on track to do it again.

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I read an article recently that talked about enabling and disabling cores on the fly.

I think chip binning is perfectly reasonable.

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When IBM did this with mainframes it launched Amdahl into existence. His machines were basically the same machine except they were unharnessed.

All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week (arstechnica.com)

Below is a look at the most exasperating news from streaming services from this week. The scale of this article demonstrates how fast and frequently disappointing streaming news arises. Coincidentally, as we wrote this article, another price hike was announced....

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I just started using the public library apps this week. Piracy has gotten too difficult for me recently.

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Thanks very much. Looks interesting.

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Isn't this a path to creating more methane clathrates?

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I do when on unencrypted wifi

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I don't know what you mean by "necroposting" hate moderator brainworm". Care to elaborate one what this I and why it is bad?

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I use Google One VPN which also promises not to keep my data. Hahahahaha

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I don't trust them, especially after this incognito finding. I use them to encrypt on unencrypted wifi. That's all I trust it for.

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They are made for laptops, and I am sure they work there. There was a post here about 15days ago asking about unsmarting TVs but it has been deleted. That got me thinking about this solution.

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Thanks. I searched for # Driver Board Universal LCD Monitor Screen Controller 5V Laptop Computer DIY

Because I had seen them used for various projects before.

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I don't think this is edp or dsi out. Seems to be parallel 50 pin

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So if anyone is interested I found the answer to my question. There seems to be two standards for LCD panels and there are these cheap converters for both of them.

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Why go through all of that when you can just connect the board to the panel.

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Many smart TVs require you connect to create an account. More might in the future.

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It seems like the current standard is MIPI DSI. This is my sourcee of information. I think it is doable.

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Or I could just accept my place and watch the ads and go along with all the caveats like a good consumer. I don't see that happening.

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I don't think anyone repairs these things anymore. I found two dumped in the desert, one with its controller and power supply boards removed and one that was complete.

I got interested in this when the previous poster asked the question. Going down the rabbit hole I think I have my answers. Avnet has some good info on the mipi interface for consumer devices. It's been very interesting and I do see it as a path to building good, cheap, large displays.

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I can think of no better use for a TV

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On Roku smart TV from Walmart. I was present in the returns line when a customer returned it because he wanted something to use with his Dish Network receiver and this one required he creat an account.

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Why did you do it?

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Seems like a fun project to me too. It also seems like things have changed since the turn of the century, with regards to interoperability.

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I retired from embedded systems design and design-for-manufacture a decade ago. Reading datasheets was most of the job. This doesn't look too daunting. It's a single interface between two readymade components. I've identified where some issues might come up, and there are probably some that I don't know about yet. Still this seems less like building a circuit around existing ASICs and more like hooking up stereo equipment to me.

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I think you will need a power supply for your panel in addition to a driver board like this. This only provides the signals needed to switch the pixels but not the power to drive them. Some of these include backlight drivers but even then I think you would probably need more current for a TV than these provide.

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Yeah, I think newer panels are probably MIPI DSI but there are cheap controller boards for that too. I don't think I will do this as I really don't have a need.

A previous, now deleted post sent me down this rabbit hole. I also understand why the OP deleted it. There are a lot of professional unboxers here who get upset with the idea of building anything.

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Some smart TVs require you to connect them to the Internet before you can even use them with HDMI. It's a changing world. This post has a lot of interesting comments.

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There are some amazing projectors available these days and they don't seem to be crippled by smartification. There are some cool homebuilt projectors that are made of bright light sources and old cell phone screens to, if you want to learn.

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Great info. I think the screen is easier. Thanks for this.

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Where I first caught wind of this was in the return line at Walmart where a guy was returning a smart TV because he wanted to hook up to his Dish receiver and couldn't without creating an account.

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I don't buy TVs but I quized the guy pretty heavily thinking that was an option. He seemed to know what he was talking about about. This was an Onn Roku TV.

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You are an Eloi not a Morlock.

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Seems like something like Gray Jay is a very easy way to transition off of these sources, too. Just have a source agnostic player.

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But still getting off of YouTube as the source, right?

Do I understand you correctly?

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The reason I like Gray Jay is that it is source agnostic, so you can still use YouTube (because that is where the content is now) while also using other sources.

I would like to see videos posted to ipfs.

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Didn't expect to be hit by the caboose when the train has been running over them for years.

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That's awesome. I will order one now for my wireless mouse.

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Heliostats seem to be getting popular on large solar farms. You could use them to stow the panels upright to avoid damage in these circumstances.

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Seems like this is a much more important than any of the other discussions going on. How many results were tainted by the fact that they were compressing a dithered print image.

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You can find out the event from the news, but then get the facts from industry experts. It's much better these days.

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Couldn't states go after companies under the Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act instead of writing new state legislation.

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Everything, over time, becomes entropy.

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But they do. The only constant is change.

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That is getting really hard to do. Seems like someone could make a market in controllers that replace the factory ones but hook to the factory sensors.

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Any ...ism devolves if unchecked.

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