Comment on Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads
Omgboom@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Ugh, well what are the best Roku alternatives?
Comment on Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads
Omgboom@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Ugh, well what are the best Roku alternatives?
Jode@midwest.social 5 months ago
To be honest, a mini pc/wireless kb and the internet.
Patches@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Alternative Question: What the best alternative that can be controlled by a Remote Control.
Nobody except me wants to break out a Keyboard and Type in websites they wanna visit.
CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
A mini PC with a USB IR receiver and whatever old remote you have to spare. It takes a bit of setup to map the remote with something like LIRC, but it works great once that’s done.
d00ery@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Pi4 with Kodi installed support HDMI CEC (I can use my Samsung TV remote to control media player)
tjhart85@kbin.social 5 months ago
We're a non-iPhone household and went with the AppleTV when my Nvidia SHIELD died.
Ads were getting put on the SHIELD and I definitely didn't want to buy another one because of that and it has been a while since its had a refresh, so went with an AppleTV instead.
The device itself is fantastic, the UI is so smooth and so much nicer. OTOH, I miss being able to cast to the TV more than I expected. It works decently with the Macbooks though (we're a weird household ... like Macs, hate iPhones).
So ... if ya'll have iPhones or don't care about casting, I'd definitely recommend an AppleTV with Plex (the Dropout, Youtube, Disney+ apps are all good too).
rolaulten@startrek.website 5 months ago
+1. We are a household of sysadmins/engineers. Sure I or my wife could design a PC for media in an afternoon - but I don’t want to deal with it.
An apple TV was a no fuss, no headache media box that can interface with the servers that store my media.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m thinking of buying one of these after ditching two Roku TVs. I bought LG OLEDs instead and am just using the apps for now, but who knows how long it’ll be before WebOS follows Roku down enshittification avenue.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
“ads on shield”
Uhm explain? I use a 3rd party launcher and do not have any ads
aesthelete@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I agree, but you’d be surprised how a mini-PC can be made pretty good. One method is to buy something like this:
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unphazed@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I still have an “air mouse keyboard combo”. Used a dongle to transmit but worked great. One side had arrow buttons, 2 buttos for clicking, I wiggled my wrist to point the cursor, and a keyboard sat on the back. I think I paid like $10 for it. Went from stick pc to Amazon due to specs vs price. Considering migrating back though.
Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
There’s also phone apps that do the job and they just hook up via wifi.
keyez@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Can that easily stream HDR and things like Dolby vision? In research a while ago I thought it was only certain CPUs/GPUs and chrome could play things like Netflix at 4k/HDR
frostysauce@lemmy.world 5 months ago
…Viewed on what? A Roku TV?
Zoot@reddthat.com 5 months ago
Commercial viewing board or something like that. Basically what they sell to restaurants and what not for displaying simple things and which don’t require an internet connection.
I absolutely botched the term, but thats the general idea.
Matthew@midwest.social 5 months ago
Signage displays usually
Omgboom@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Just never connect the actual TV to the Internet