• deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      The tool is virus-free.

      If someone points out valid concerns being raised about your software, and this is the only thing you have to say in response, that’s not reassuring.

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    9 months ago

    Just build a htpc powerful enough to display media and play games with good performance

    Put a tv tuner card in the htpc

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      9 months ago

      Been there done that. I prefer the Nvidia Shield, easier interface to navigate with a remote, I don’t have to login first, it rarely needs an update, no noisy fans, I don’t need to keep a physical keyboard connected to it, it’s way cheaper, I don’t need to mess around with codecs, and there aren’t a lot of unnecessary services and background applications hogging memory and cpu resources.

      I get that most of this can be fixed or worked around on a htpc, but that’s effort I don’t have to spend on a Shield.

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        9 months ago

        I have never heard of anyone talk about nvidia shield since 2013 until I joined lemmy. This is the weirdest marketing psyop I have ever seen.

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          9 months ago

          Then you weren’t in the r/self-hosting or r/piracy communities. It comes from the fact that it supports most codecs. So when you want to watch almost any movie on Plex, the server won’t have to transcode.

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              Idk why you insist on it being a psyop, but you do you. I tried to find an android device that had hardware support for H.264, H.265, and others and it’s not much there. I believe Firetv 4K does but then you are getting a more locked down android with a bunch more ads.

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    9 months ago

    You know what’s even better for cutting down ads on a fucking android TV? Never owning one

    • cuntonabike@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I’m terribly sorry for wanting functionality from my television other than playing a DVD or watching terrestrial TV.

      I swear some people on lemmy need to chill. Not everyone lives in an off grid cabin in the woods, with no passport, not connected to the internet BUT running a local network, with a server containing all their DVDrips.

    • pufferfisherpowder@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Nah, a Chromecast with Google TV is a super cheap and reliable way to sail the high seas. Stremio, VPN, some kind of debrid service. Works better than any legal streaming service my friend told me. Not that I would ever try to hurt the poor studios.