Smart television has already invaded the consumer entertainment industry, indicating that how soon the technological enhancements can take place once the giants are ready. With Sony, Samsung, Logitech already lining up for 3 dimensional viewing using the Google TV technology, it is hard to digest the fact that smart television technology has been made low in terms of pricing too. But come on, it is Google’s code, it will get open some tweaks would be seen here and there. Does this mean hacking into a smart TV or smart TV box? Nope. The geek, again, has his way here.
If you all have just switched on the televisions of inventions and electronic explorations just now, there are a few amazing single board open hardware platforms which do wonders every now and then. The one that resembles like a pudding here is Raspberry Pi, one of the most celebrated open source hardware computing platform ever.
Mr. Donald, who demonstrates this whole process of having a Raspberry Pi based smart TV, details with a simple walkthrough of this project. What reaches the pinnacle in this smart TV project is the remote that is being used which is the legendary iPhone.
So, let us just summarize this project: a Raspberry Pi based Google Smart TV that has an iPhone based remote control and is powered by a stack of open source software. Amazing has arrived!
TV Interface
Raspberry Pi TV Remote
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