19-12-2023, 05:42 PM
(18-12-2023, 05:50 PM)cable Wrote: what would be good if if they designed it to work with CI modules that you could slide into the TV unlocking extra functionality.
Interesting thought, but I think the days of CI modules (along with smart-cards for TV) are, for the most part, over. TV manufacturers don't want to support them, consumers don't understand them and no-one really wants them. Freely will be built into to most / all TV's in due course. Firmware upgrades can take care of the rest, so long as manufacturers actually upgrade their sets. I do think there should be a minimum set lifetime for upgrades (say 7 years), though this would either need voluntary co-operation by manufacturers (unlikely when the same sets are sold around the world, just with different firmware), or it would need government legislation - also unlikely for various reasons.