Linux in home appliances is already a reality

The joke about installing Linux on a washing machine or a coffee maker has been around for a very long time. Linux on a cell phone does not surprise us too. In fact, Linux has long been used in various household appliances by the largest vendors.
For example, did you know that Linux could be on your TV? I think not many buyers guess this.

All Phillips TVs built on Nexperia chips (7xxx and 9xxx series) are Linux. Patches for the modified GPL / LGPL software can be found with the firmware on philips.ru
Included with the TV is a paper copy of the GPL license.

Sharp AQUOS TVs also contain Linux. The source codes of the patches for them can be found at: http://mktg.sharpusa.com/newsletters/files/gpl.htm

Panasonic TV series Viera also run Linux. I did not find the source codes and references to the GPL on the official websites of Panasonic, but in the menu you can read the text of the GPL license. Screenshots can be viewed here: http://www.abclinuxu.cz/blog/ilfblog/2007/12/panasonic-viera-a-linux
It seems to me that on a separate request to the support service, they must give the source codes of their patches, otherwise FSF would have become interested in them for a long time.
The only thing that managed to find this is the patches used in the car multimedia system.
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Toshiba also does not want to fall behind and launched a TV with Linux.
Announcement on Cnews. Toshiba may have used Linux before, but it didn’t advertise it.

Well, just the other day Asus announced a new TV, also running Linux. The text of the announcement on linux.org.ru

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