I don’t mind headaches 😄. We don’t have any game consoles (and none planned for Christmas). I was thinking of setting up Kodi or something but I’m not sure how the remote would work in with that.
Roku is like the nosy, gossipy neighbor of connected devices. They track just about everything they can. And share the data with lots and lots of advertisers, channel providers, business affiliates, and more.
The difference with Netflix is it’s limited in it’s data collection as it runs in the browser. A hardware device pretty much has free rein.
I’ve got a PC attached to the TV, I was looking for an alway on option (as the PC fan is noisy) that doesn’t need keyboard mouse, it’s just kinda there and you use a remote with it. I was considering Kodi, though others seem to think it’s a headache to work with so I might install it on my laptop and have a play as a low-stakes way of trialing it.
Our TV is probably at least 10 years old (not sure exactly as it was a hand-me-down). So may not have newer technologies.
The Apple TV path may work, but I’m now thinking instead of diving into something head first, I might instead use what I already have and install Kodi to try it out. It seems like wireless 2.4Ghz remotes with dongle are the popular option for connecting to Kodi rather than IR remotes, though after the comments here I’m hesitant to invest too much at this stage and will probably install Kodi on something I have already and test it with an Xbox controller.
Oooh, interesting! Yeah I kinda wanted to avoid Google but I will keep this on my potential options. I have heard the Jellyfin app for Android TV is bad, and people recommend Kodi with the Jellyfin add on. How have you found it?
Virtually all of the cheap ones off aliespress and the like aren’t certified for Netflix, so they are apparently limited to low playback resolutions.
To be honest I’ve mostly used the emby app so can’t say too much about jellyfin’s. I tested it at one point and it seemed to work the same re playback - generally the interface isn’t as good I find.
Probably if it’s ‘OK’ then it will do.
Haha, the resolution downscaling for Netflix is to 480p I think, so you may notice it even on your 720p TV.
“I came down to the hen house to check the eggs and see that my girls were all right. I opened the door of the nesting box to find not only a chicken laying an egg, but a kiwi curled up fast asleep,” she said.
I know nothing about cars, but I do know I had a friend blow a head gasket on his Subaru Legacy wagon, and it was gonna cost more in labour to fix than the car was worth. Hopefully your car makes it easier or you can do it yourself!
Exciting! Today I realised everyone else is finishing today and I’m working tomorrow with nothing to do because no one else is there. I guess I’ll find something to do.
I think the switch is working fine. All quiet for the last 24 hours or so, with the mesh network using wifi only (slower speed because half is used for communicating between the two). I’ll need to find some instructions on how to use the ethernet backbone as plugging in and switching on in the app apparently isn’t enough.
I got this popup ad on my TV **while watching a DVD** (lemmy.world)
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Kiwi takes a nap in Far North woman's chicken coop (www.rnz.co.nz)
“I came down to the hen house to check the eggs and see that my girls were all right. I opened the door of the nesting box to find not only a chicken laying an egg, but a kiwi curled up fast asleep,” she said.
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