Convert your Old TV Sets/Old LEDs into SMART TVs (DIY Project )

We in India are Transforming, I Still Remember the days, When Selling Old Freeze, TV Was an Event and so does Buying New TV, However with Constant Technology Upgradation, Old Television Sets became Useless and are Dumped or Rather Sold at Peanuts Pricing, However There are few Options Available with Which We Can Convert Old TV into Smart TV and Use them for Various Needs Like Watching You Tube, Netflix or Skype,

Do It your Self Project to Convert Old TV to Smart TV,

Smart TV By Definition has Microprocessor and Operating System Which will Include Several Features Like Inbuilt Ability to Play Different Format of Audio and Video Connected thru Different Modes, Like USB, Connect to Network, and Provide Different Solution like Internet Channels of You Tube, CNET, IGN or Used For Skype, Internet Browsing, Playing Small Games, Wireless Media Streaming, Connection to Direct Media Server and Many Other Different use,

Smart TV Today Tries to Become your Complete 1 Source Media Center and Substitute Computer, But Few Years Back We were Leaving Life with Big Box of CRT TVs, Projection TVs, and Dumb Plasma Panels, Which have became obsolete with New Smart TVs,

Below is How you Can Make Your Old TV Smart TV With Cheap Accessories,

Hardware Requirement

• Raspberry Pi B+ or Raspberry Pi 2( Mini Computer ) ( Price Rs.3,000 Including Casing )
• 8 GB SD CARD, Class 10  ( Price Rs.500.00)
• Working Computer For Initial Set Up
• Wireless Network  with Internet Connection,
• Leoxsys USB Wifi Dongle
• Working Android or iOS Device As Remote,
• 3 Pole Audio to Suitable Cable Like RCA Cable Or HDMI Cable if TV Accepts HDMI, ( Rs.200.00 )

Raspberry Pi Foundation Provides Micro Computers For Promotion of Programming and Coding for Educational Purpose, However this cheap Devices have Many Professional uses, Including Making Network Access Storage With USB Storage, Making Home Cloud Server, Making a Full Scale Server, to Making Intelligent Coffee Machine, And for Robot control,

One of the Major Project is For Converting your Old TV to Smart TV, and Cost of this Entire thing is Less then 4000.00 Rs.

Raspberry Pi B+ With Case,  ( Image May Differ )

You Can order Raspberry Pi with Casing thru Element14 in India, Online, Don't Forget to order Casing Or You Can Make it From Card Board, You Should Order Leoxsys Nano USB Adapter From Amazon or Flipkart, for Connection to Network, Or you have to access your Lan Cable to Raspberry Pi,

You Would Need 8 or 16 GB Class 10 or Better Micro SD Card for Operating System, Once you have this Ready, You Can Install Win 32 Disk Image Manager on your Normal Windows PC, A Free Software, Linux and Mac OSx You Have Command Line Tools Available for this,

Download OpenElec Software from wiki.openelec.tv For Independent Operation

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Use Win 32 Disk Imager To Burn Openelec to Your SD Card, If you want More Server - Client Operation and Has Media Server As Describe in Previous Tech Blog, with Plex You Would Like to Use Rasplex operating System instead of OpenElec System.

Now You Have Your SD Card Ready with Operating System, You are Good to Go with System, You Can Power Raspberry pi with Any Mobile USB Charger It Uses 5V Power With Mini/Micro USB Connector,

Below is Instructions,

1. Install SD Card in Raspberry Pi,
2. Power Up Raspberry Pi, ( Before Powering Up, Please Insert USB Wireless Dongle or Lan Connection )
3. Let System Boot Up,  3 Mins for First Time,
4. Connect to TV Thru 3 Pole Cable to RCA Connection or HDMI, Switch Input to your Connection
5. Use USB Keyboard for Initial use or You Need to Use Terra Term for Windows or SSH Terminal in Mac/Linux
6. Give Username and Password in Log Screen, For Open Elec ( Root and OpenElec) and For Rasplex ( Raspberry and pI)
7. Network Should be Configured Automatically is DHCP is Enabled or Configure Network,
8. Install Desired Channles Like Netflix, Cnet, CBS, FX, You Tube thru Plug In Available in System
9. Install media to USB Port Given or Configure NAS or Server Configuration ( Advance User Experience Required )
10. Install Remote Application on your Cell Phone, For Rasplex  Plex Remote and For Openelec any XBMC Remote,
11. Finally You will have on your Hand Smart TV with Much More Flexible System, which Can be used even for Browsing and any other Use you Want,
12. You Can Install Multiple System and Use Same System with Boot loader to use Raspberry Pi as Full Fledge Computer, But Experience Would be Little Hampered and Slow,

This is No One DIY for Raspberry Pi, More will be Introduced soon, Raspberry Pi would be Ideal for your Kids and Tech Nerds For Different Projects,

Note Use New Raspberry Pi 2, Its 6 Time Faster then previous Models,