[Keith]

Practically it makes sense to get it up and running on one device, fix any bugs and then expand to other devices later. It's initial launch is effectively beta testing. It could be a disaster if they launch it too widely too soon if the crinkles aren't ironed out.

Virtually all TV platforms have launched with one supplier then expanded overtime to be available in different ways. This is absolutely no different.

I'd agree that for a new product starting with just one manufacturer should make it easier to iron out any bug with Freely, as simply there's fewer variables. Presumably they have a strong lines of communication between Freely developers and HiSense, for identifying and resolving any bugs. Also, I assume/hope a commitment from the manufacturer to provide (and preferably push) regular software and firmware updates to devices/users.

If they were to launch with multiple manufacturers then you might have bugs that only occur with certain manufacturers/models, which may be probably harder to identify and resolve. Also, if the manufacturer wasn't regularly pushing software/firmware updates to Freely devices then users might have a poor experience, which in turn might put off others from using it. I'd expect in the first couple years it's likely some issues will be identified that would have slipped through internal testing.