Inb4 Toyota ads start popping up in your Steam library.
Comment on Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen
kadu@lemmy.world 9 months ago
After all the issues with software updates, ads, and just overall terrible experience of TV operating systems and those little media boxes, I just finally accepted that my life is better using my TV as a dumb screen that’s connected to a PC and then using Steam Big Picture for games and Jellyfin for media.
Stovetop@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Schmidtster@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
It’s already in some games unfortunately…
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That sounds like it’s determined by the game developer and has nothing to do with steam.
Schmidtster@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
It is, but steam does have its own form of advertising. Their front page is all ads for games and sales, go to your library there is ads for updates for your games.
It just seems to be acceptable since it’s their ecosystem content, but it’s still ads for all intent and purposes.
endhits@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I want to love jellyfin, but the Roku app is a buggy mess.
VampiricClam@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The Roku app has had a major update recently. Might be worth checking again.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Why would you run Roku on Jellyfin? Wouldn’t that open you to the ads you are trying to avoid?
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 9 months ago
I’m guessing it’s the opposite way around, they use the jellyfin app on their Roku to steam from their jellyfin server
1hitsong@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
I’m one of the Jellyfin Roku devs. What bugs are you experiencing?
nicetriangle@kbin.social 9 months ago
Yeah I was getting fed up with apps and boxes said fuck it and am running a mac mini hooked up to a shitload of storage now and it's been great. Plays media, works as a competent file server for said media, and emulates a bunch of console games. We don't use anything else now.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Isn’t Apple TV the most ad free box now? I’m still on Roku but I’ve read that Apple TV is equivalent to a Roku but without the ads.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Unless you change the launcher on your Android TV box, Apple TV is the most ad free now. Unless you want to just hook a PC up to the TV anyway. Which can introduce codec and DRM issues if you want to use Netflix and Prime video from the PC.
nicetriangle@kbin.social 9 months ago
Yeah it probably is in terms of an off the shelf, purpose built option with no tinkering. They're pretty snappy as well. Decent hardware in there it seems.
We have an ATV but our wireless network is kinda shit and we kept having connectivity issues between the ATV and the Plex server we were running on the Mini so we just went all in on running the Mini as the media player and Plex server in one to avoid it. Bonus was that we now have a very capable console game emulator hooked up to the TV too.
It's a bit overkill but I will say as a server the new apple silicon minis are great. Zero fan noise ever and they sip electricity and run really cool.
Odelay42@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’ve been doing this for a decade.
Highly recommend it. The only thing some people don’t like is using a keyboard and mouse on the couch, but there are endless solutions for that.
MentallyExhausted@reddthat.com 9 months ago
I have a little mini keyboard/trackpad combo. Primarily just use the directional pad and media controls to navigate Plex, but if I need to pop into a web browser or whatever, it works great.
chakan2@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Actually…that’s the sticking point at my house. I’m ok with mouse keyboard, but my wife and kids are not.
Still trying to find a remote that will suit that use case.
Merritt@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’ve heard good things about the PS5 Media Remote, which pairs via bluetooth. If my generic bluetooth remote dies that is my replacement plan.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Logitech k400!
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
I have like four or five Logitech K400 keyboards, they’ve got a touchpad and they’re super inexpensive!
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 9 months ago
After various trial and error, not to mention irritation, I have determined that this is the way. It’s what I did back in the dark ages when I was in high school (with a Pentium 3 that had enough hardware acceleration to play DVD’s!) and it’s what I do once more. By hook or by crook, one way or another you’re guaranteed to be able to retain complete control over a PC even if that ultimately means you have to install some flavor of Linux on the fucking thing.
You can get a perfectly capable media center PC for very little money if you don’t need it to be able to run AAA games, which in my case I don’t. Even the various nanocomputer boards like one of the beefier Raspberry Pi’s or any of its myriad competitors can do the job these days, fit in a tiny enclosure, make no noise, and consume very little power.
Fuck all the Chromecasts, Fire sticks, Roku boxes, Apple TV’s, and other sundry and bullshit devices of the world.
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Nvidia SHIELD is still ok, because it’s Android TV, and you can install custom launchers on Android. Therefore no ads on your home screen.
Granted, Nvidia is letting the SHIELD line twist in the wind, but it’s not outmoded yet, I’ll be using mine for a number of years yet.
FunderPants@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
The shield is great for the reasons you mention here. I use primal launcher and have a custom home screen experience without annoying ads.
The shield also outputs music over HDMI without resampling, which makes it awesome for my digital music listening, except the app support is lame.
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yeah unfortunately Android TV is neglected versus Roku and Firestick and so on, but most major apps are there, and you can sideload shit.