Installation was not for the faint-hearted. The OTP in the filename meant the device’s on-chip nonvolatile memory could accept the update only once—there was no safe rollback. Installers had to trust the binary entirely. That risk polarized the community. Some insisted the improvements were worth it: a friend’s aging camper-TV gained two dozen previously unreachable channels under tree canopies after the flash. Others warned of bricked tuners and dubious legalese: the binary was unsigned, undocumented, and shipped with no warranty.