Comment on Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 5 months agoNvidia 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 5 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 5 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.