Comment on Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen

thecookingsenpai@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How are you going to self-host streaming hardware? A HTPC for every TV in the house along with a mouse and keyboard?

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was already thinking of upgrading my old Roku to a $20 Onn (Walmart brand) Google TV box (which I’m told is hackable), but this will only accelerate that decision.

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    • OR3X@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have one of these on every TV in my house and they’re great!

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    • 0x2d@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      yes they are. you can put lineage and degoogle these

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  • trash@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Small SBCs and keyboard/remote combos. That’s what we do.

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  • bigb@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Use Android TV with an alternate launcher like FLaunchee

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  • averyfalken@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes I have a thinclient attached to my TV running linux mint

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  • lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No need for HTPC, just a small USB device with HDMI output and DLNA support. You use your phone as a DLNA controller, a server running Jellyfin as DLNA provider, and the device attached to the TV as DLNA renderer. And sometimes TVs have DLNA support built-in (my Toshiba does).

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    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It works but it isn’t family friendly.

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      • lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Jellyfin supports DLNA too, if you have a DLNA rendering device on the network it will just appear in the cast menu. Or if you want something that works with a remote directly on the TV you can install Kodi. There’s really no point nowadays in getting tied up into proprietary stuff.

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