Researchers hack Vizio Smart TVs to. “We can serve this control data to the TV from our fake web. Subscribe to get regular updates from Help Net Security. Dec 30, 2013 We are seeking a method to hack into the Vizio WiFi (internet enabled) TVs which we believe run on Android, and add apps. The first app would be a browser. Nokia Pc Suit. Paysafecard Codes List. Romance Of The Three Kingdoms 4 Pc.

They do not run on android, unless you somehow got ahold of a brand new 2013 model that is based on the same firmware in Vizio's Co-Star (the Google TV box by Vizio) - and I'm not even sure the new line of TVs will be 'GoogleTV based', I just know they plan on dropping Yahoo. Hopefully that firmware is retro-active and I can upgrade to it. Doubtful, very doubtful, but still - hopefully?

My Vizio E3D470VX uses Yahoo! Internet TV services. Which (IMO) suck. From what probing has been done, it appears to run on Linux, possibly a modded version of Ubuntu which supports the Yahoo! More like widgets in my opinion, but whatever at least its 3D. Here is what is known so far: Here is what it could look like *IF* it did run android / was based on Google TV similar to the new Vizio Co-star box: Honestly I was kind of mad when I saw an article about the Co-Star Google TV box. Because it had the EXACT same remote sitting next to it, with the qwerty keyboard on the back, just like my remote has.

Only the qwerty keyboard on my remote never gets used and is pointless. I really hope someone can hack this to run some form of android, or even a linux based XBMC add-on. At the least some sort of custom firmware option.

Anything should be better than what it is, especially the interface for DLNA/UPNP and USB drives.

I see that Google TV, inside Sony, has a Chrome browser. Is the same thing possible inside Vizio, or Samsung, or any other TV?

The 42' Vizio is $499 at Costco, and the Sony with Google TV is $999. We're looking at a buch of these TV's that have build in Wi-Fi, to place around the office as Big Dashboards, and I don't want to have a computer attached to get web content on the screen. It's my understanding that both Samsung Apps, and Vizio Apps, use Yahoo Widgets as their ap engine. Anyone know of a way to get a full screen browser going, without attaching a computer? We thought of attaching an Apple TV, which can be jailbroken, but that is just another piece of equipment to lose, break, etc.