I’ve always loved my Apple TVs.
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NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Cool so what are some good Roku alternatives?
gregorum@lemm.ee 7 months ago
ShadowRam@fedia.io 7 months ago
Is nVidia Shield an alternative?
That's what I've been using for years now. It's great.
qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one 7 months ago
I blocked my TV from using WiFi, but there have been times I have need to unblock it (like using AirPlay or Google Cast), so it gets updates occasionally. I’m open to throwing my TV straight to the dump and buying another TV to avoid this at all costs.
andyburke@fedia.io 7 months ago
Personally looking at dumb panels and building OSMC machines to run them.
crossover@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I run an LG OLED TV (disconnected from network), AppleTV, and my own media server. I haven’t seen an ad in my TV for years.
eksb@programming.dev 7 months ago
Get an A/V receiver, a computer monitor or dumb TV, and speakers. Then you can get a Roku streaming player and it cannot show you anything when you do not have its input selected on the receiver.
Even an inexpensive pair of bookshelf speakers placed on either side of the TV will sound better than built-in TV speakers. Add a center speaker and a subwoofer drastically improved sound.
Non-4k AV receivers are dirt cheap used.
HC4L@lemmy.world 7 months ago
A simple PC, you can also use it to browse, download stuff, Steam stream etc. The possibilities are endless
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Any used office pc from Craiglist for $200, wiped and reinstalled with linux… self contained mini PC NUC boxes are also a very good bang-for-buck these days