Show HN: Making a smart TV dumb and then smart
Summary
This article presents an open-source project called R2D2-tv, which provides a local home screen, private remote browser, and push-to-talk voice assistant for webOS TVs. It outlines a multi-component architecture with a Linux-based compute host rendering a sandboxed Chromium session and streaming to the TV, on-device AI models, content protection, and detailed build/deploy instructions, licenses, and security considerations.