Television upgrade

A method, comprising:

• recognizing, by one or more processors of a display device, connection of an external hardware component upgrade to an internal hardware platform of the display device;
• recognizing an internal controller for the internal hardware platform based on internal hardware platform configuration information;
• transferring operation of the internal controller to the external hardware component upgrade;
• forwarding, from the internal controller to the external hardware component upgrade, first commands bound for the internal hardware platform responsive to the transfer of operation and a hardware call originating from the external hardware component upgrade;
• and
• presenting media content by the display device based, at least in part, on a second command from the external hardware component upgrade, wherein the second command is based at least in part on a function of the external hardware component upgrade.

A media device, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processing devices configured to execute instructions from the memory including instructions to:
• request a hardware configuration of internal hardware from a display device;
• recognize, based on the hardware configuration, an internal controller within the display device, wherein the internal controller is configured to render media content on the display device based on display device commands;
• request control of the internal controller;
• process, from the internal controller, a display device command originally bound for the internal hardware based on the control of the internal controller and a hardware call from the media device;
• and
• communicate, to the internal controller and based on the display device command, media device commands, wherein the media device commands are based, at least in part, on one or more media device hardware components not part of the internal hardware.