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dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Nvidia shield is less user friendly than Roku I think

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CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
And it runs Google services, and it costs a fortune, and it hasn’t seen a refresh in 6 years.

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- BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  And has reliability issues, I got one for my mom so she could use my Plex server, it died just outside of warranty. She didn’t use it often so it wasn’t used and abused, just stopped outputting video one day.
  
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- iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Sorry… I meant from the perspective that you could/should install LOS on it. I think that’s about the only device allowing it, these days.
  
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  - garshol@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    LOS?
    
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    iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    LineageOS.
    
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  - CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    No worries, it is just my internal frustration with Nvidia coming out in my comment. It could be a good device if it weren’t abandoned by them years ago while that fact seems to be lost in their current pricing. There isn’t really anything comparable on the market, but I don’t think it’s worth the price in it’s current form.
    
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  - dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Idk what your usecase is but isn’t LineageOS the opposite of user-friendliness esp for older people? Isn’t it meant for tablets, not tv stresm boxes with remote controls? Or am I missing something
    
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    iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Without having tried it, I know it has an Android TV version. I’m not sure what part isn’t user-friendly, as usually that part comes from deciding to go away without most of google oriented services. I installed FLauncher before, and it did its job quite nicely, but haven’t tried LOS, or how it would perform in a TV. For my very specific use case, I need Flauncher to open either Jellyfin or Smarttube. For these purposes the Nvidia could work. But I havent gottent into it yet, and I’m still waiting for better options.
    
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