>needlessly hooking an embedded device up to the Internet is a bad idea
It's a video player, some of the common uses of a device like this would be Netflix, Amazon Prime, Youtube, and DIAL.
It's a video player, some of the common uses of a device like this would be Netflix, Amazon Prime, Youtube, and DIAL.
Money doesn't grow on trees, why would I stop using a device only because it is 5 years old?
The embedded system may function excellently at its task, but most hardware manufacturers are not up to the task to providing long term support.