What is everyone using as a HTPC?
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I ran into issues with this function on my shield pro, it would randomly reopen the smart tube app continuously until I disconnected my phone.
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I'm not a home theater power user, but this is good info to make sure my setup is future proof for when I finally get a new TV. All these different standards get really confusing.
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I’ve also been meaning to do some debloating on my Shield as shown here, but probably worth disabling some of these first and testing a while instead of uninstalling just to make sure nothing important breaks.
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What I don’t like about ATV and the Apple ecosystem in general is the lack of ease with sideloading. Ha, I’ve created throwaway accounts with fake emails in the past and then lost access to the email account followed by the Apple device basically being bricked a result. If it’s so “private” then why not let me install free apps from the App Store without an account?
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Android devices can do that too. I use steam link on my shield.
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I'm using a Ryzen Mini PC running Debian and Flex Launcher.
Works well as both a media consumption machine and light gaming rig.
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Laptop hooked up to the TV. Always felt more reliable than any other device to me. I also use rustdesk for a remote connection solution
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Bingo. And if you don't use apps with ads, like only using jellyfin, you get none at all.
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Have you tried a Factory reset?
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Oh cool, didn't know you could do that
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Roku TV has been unbearable lately. There’s a whole row of ads before I even get to the physical inputs on the TV. Plus there is a full height ad on the right and a half height ad on the left.
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I run a i3 14100 for my media server with Plex, a pihole on my network and a Roku box on one TV and just the app on the others I never get any ads or have issues but I don't use any streaming services I just use the arr's and my own content
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I've tried libreelec on a raspberry pi 4, but it just doesn't pass the wife test.
We have a thomson streaming stick 140G (EU branding for ONN). We just use jellyfin, smarttube and our national public service streaming apps. It's in apps-only mode, but Google still injects one ad on the home screen. I didn't bother with a custom launcher just yet.
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I have an SFF PC currently running Mint, with Bello and steam as well as xemu and a few other goodies. The flexibility is great, if something is a bit borked I can usually just play it in VLC, and the compute allows me to run pretty much any emulator besides Xenia or that PS3 one. Once I plug a GPU into it, those should be fine too. Not bad for a cheap i5 system.
