Comment on Roku wants you to see a lot more AI-generated ads

wshrader@lemmy.today ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Kinda. I recently got a shield pro to replace my roku. Customization, and no ads are nice, but for what it cost, what a fucking piece of shit. Hard freezee that require unplugging is the main issue, but it also doesn’t respond to remote presses frequently on start up. Takes 30+ seconds sometimes before the remote works.

  For more than double the cost it shoukd blow the roku ultra away in every sense. And I shouldn’t have to adb hack it to install a custom launcher.

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  • comador@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Thank you for this. I was setting up to buy an nvidia shield to replace my roku ultras.

    FWIW, I have so far tried:

    • Onn Google TV 4K: Returned it, freezes constantly.

    • Jailbroken AMZ fire stick w/ LineageOS. Buffering issues and wireless issues in general. I still use it, but not my favorite.

    So for now it seems my next purchase will be a TiVo Stream 4k android device and if that fails, I may just have to DIY an android Pi system lol.

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  • whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I did the same replaced a Roku device with a shield when Roku started doing startup ads. Seems to work fine then won’t respond to remote and needs a reboot, some weird stuff with the VPN too. Should have probably just got a mini form PC instead.

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  • wshrader@lemmy.today ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The ONN devices from Walmart work near-flawless, even the $14 stick. I would recommend starting there.

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