lousyd

Like a TV that flunked kindergarten? j/k

Count me in for #3.

If you literally replaced the firmware, what else could possibly be phoning home?

I don't know how remotes work, physically, but they gotta send some sort of code to the TV. If your TV's OS can intercept that message it can choose its own response mapped to whatever you want to happen. Something akin to remapping keys in your keyboard.

I would assume, anyway. I could be wrong.

That sounds, uh, fun.

I was thinking that if somebody knows how to do that, they probably also have an opinion on which brands of TV are better or worse for it.

I don't own a TV right now but plan to in the future.

I don't understand why someone would think that was even possible.

The Queen is still alive and we have her. Just don't tell anyone, okay?

After what the Clintons did to Haiti...

I like your reasoning. I'm a libertarian myself, so I get it.

But I held my nose and voted Democrat the last two Presidential elections because I think Trump is a uniquely dangerous person. I hate the "this time is different" argument, but I actually think it applied this time.