[rodgerd]

> I'm having trouble imagining how some TV could possibly be damaged by software

Modern OLEDs perform image manipulation to avoid burn-in. Your XDA Developers firmware is going to end up with your screen being garbage in a year.

Android firmware routinely allows processor overclocking, a great way to damage components in devices that have tight thermal requirements.

Those are two. Arguing that firmware can't damage the hardware that it controls shows a decided lack of imagination.