Nvidia Shield. Or another Android TV set top box. You're welcome.
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PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 1 year agoI see what you’re saying but you give up Netflix, Hulu, and screencasting. It’s an actual sacrifice.
520@kbin.social 1 year ago
TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t recommend any Android TV box anymore that isn’t from a big brand, which pretty much leaves the Shield and Chromecast with Google TV. All those no-name Amazon boxes are lousy with spyware.
Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
There’s cheap devices you can get to connect to the expensive device to do that for you. That way the expensive device never takes a turn for the worse.
shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 year ago
I dont have netflix, hulu, and dont own a TV at all. Its not a sacrifice.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
especially since you can get what you want to watch via alternative means.
presumably.
its been to long for me so I do not know the waves like I once did
shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 year ago
I am not honestly sure. It has been over a decade since i consumed TV, shows, etc in any serious quantity.
AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Chromecast? You connect it when needed.
PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Chrome cast is google, lol.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But it doesn’t rely on any sort of cloud services, so unlike the guy in the article’s problems, you don’t have that if Google decides you’re an undesirable. Your Chromecast will continue to function. It’s rare for a device these days.
AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Sure, not denying it. But the point was that you can not connect the TV into the Internet and still use netflix etc. You stream the content through chromecast when you need to.
essteeyou@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You can connect other devices to your TV, like anything from a Nintendo Switch to an entire laptop/PC. Obviously they have their own privacy issues, but at least on a rela computer you have some agency.
PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I just checked the pricing on OLED monitors, do they go on sale?
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It doesn’t have to be a monitor. The computer doesn’t care what the other end of the cable calls itself.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You missed the point but also accidentally found it. The point you missed, as others have replied, is that a TV and a monitor both work as PC displays.
But the point you accidentally found is that monitors are pretty much TVs without the smart tv bs added in. They are priced like TVs would be if they weren’t making money from them in other ways, like getting paid for preinstalled apps and selling harvested data.
PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I didn’t miss that point, I really like LG channels because it introduces me to stuff I wouldn’t normally see. I had a dumb TV up until right before the pandemic and I love the smart TV features but you really sign your life away with their cotracts. I put on live cams or videos of nature while I work directly from the TV while working on my computer. I go offline a lot when I’m working on something that needs to be copyrighted yet, so I couldn’t screencast it unless I got an old computer or something to do that. I think I have unique circumstances and I’m lazy and cheap, tbh.
EyesInTheBoat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sometimes occasionally but they’re probably never going to be cheap. Too hard/expensive to manufacture which is why folks like Samsung keep trying really hard with quantum dot LED panels.
That being said, I regret nothing about purchasing my LG C9 OLED TV a couple years ago. Works fantastic, looks fantastic and I pretty much never use the built in UI for anything by going to a Nvidia Shield for my content/streaming needs. I think the LG C series does an excellent job and it occasionally goes on sale during holidays/Black Friday.