Pi4 with Kodi installed support HDMI CEC (I can use my Samsung TV remote to control media player)
Comment on Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads
Patches@sh.itjust.works 2 months agoAlternative 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.
d00ery@lemmy.world 2 months ago
tjhart85@kbin.social 2 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 2 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.
tjhart85@kbin.social 2 months ago
Yeah I used to have a PC and a Harmony remote that would send macros to a custom script and Kodi would do different things or it could switch to Netflix and ... Like, we just want to watch a movie or TV show not have to perform tech support whenever Netflix changed their webpage!
rolaulten@startrek.website 2 months ago
Id say if it’s in your budget - get one. We have no other apple products in the house but that. The biggest annoyance was making an apple account (for some stupid reason they require it…)
aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 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.
root_beer@midwest.social 2 months ago
I quit with apps on LG after whatever I was watching or doing would cut out with an error message saying that the TV was out of memory. It was particularly egregious when I was playing video games. Now I have a Roku sound bar, but look where that’s gonna get me.
tjhart85@kbin.social 2 months ago
My SHIELD would just randomly restart itself until eventually it stopped coming back online.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
“ads on shield”
Uhm explain? I use a 3rd party launcher and do not have any ads
tjhart85@kbin.social 2 months ago
You specifically said you use a 3rd party launcher. You know why you specifically mentioned that.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
It was a guess. Shield doesn’t have ads but the Google launcher does kinda…is that what you are talking about?
aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 months ago
unphazed@lemmy.world 2 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 2 months ago
There’s also phone apps that do the job and they just hook up via wifi.
CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 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.