On: The cost of cheap TVs

[babypuncher]

LG TVs can be updated from a USB drive. This lets you get firmware updates without needing to do a factory reset to remove the ads that would otherwise be downloaded when you connect to the internet.

[pmontra → babypuncher]

I guess this is how this project managed to work http://openlgtv.github.io/

Unfortunately the repositories are not very up to date.