Small SBCs and keyboard/remote combos. That’s what we do.
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ShepherdPie@midwest.social 5 months agoHow are you going to self-host streaming hardware? A HTPC for every TV in the house along with a mouse and keyboard?
trash@lemm.ee 5 months ago
bigb@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Use Android TV with an alternate launcher like FLaunchee
averyfalken@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Yes I have a thinclient attached to my TV running linux mint
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 5 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).
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It works but it isn’t family friendly.
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 5 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.
grue@lemmy.world 5 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.
OR3X@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I have one of these on every TV in my house and they’re great!
0x2d@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
yes they are. you can put lineage and degoogle these