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		magduf on Dec 4, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FBI warns that connected televisions can provide h... >I opened a more modern cheap smart TV. Inside were three boards: Power supply & backlight inverter, How "modern" was this TV? Don't they all use LED backlights now? Backlight inverters should be obsolete now.

MisterTea on Dec 4, 2019 [–]

It was about 3 years old at the time. And I believe it was an LED backlight so I should have said regulator or perhaps driver instead of inverter but close enough.

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