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by nomel 2740 days ago
One pro is that you could easily make an ASIC from the FPGA code, if your design is locked and you wanted to pump out a few million for cheap.
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The C64 DTV was made like that, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C64_Direct-to-TV - Really impressive and cool project by Jeri Ellsworth, wizard lady of Electronics.