It's time to dump Roku - Engadget
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I'm so done with Roku.
  • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    If you feel similarly grossed out by the Fox acquisition, I’d recommend you make similar moves. Instead of a Roku Stick, you could use the Google TV Streamer or Apple TV 4K, both of which offer more modern interfaces than Roku’s.

    Oh yes, the exemplar of stealing your data and the biggest walled garden in tech are far superior choices!

    • Masterbaexunn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Maybe I’m confused, but those are pretty much the only choices?? Oh wait throw amazon in there too I guess lmao

      • TheLowestStone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        There are always options.

        Plug a laptop into your TV via HDMI and buy a cheap Bluetooth keyboard. Install ublock origin. Sail on over to a certain community on Db0 for some advice on free streaming services.

        • Masterbaexunn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          5 months ago

          For most people, that’s work, not an “option” per se. Also, most people run win11 and we can all agree that’s a horrendous option on a tv

    • Fetus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I have a Shield TV running LineageOS. It tells me that the device is not optimised for Netflix, but it plays in 1080. I mostly just use Jellyfin, mostly.

      • AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.socialEnglish
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        5 months ago

        What’s the benefit of running LOS over stock Android Shield ships with? Asking as someone who has the device with Projectivity Launcher, Jellyfin, Immich Frame, etc. Is it for degoogling?

        • Fetus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          5 months ago

          Not sure about Netflix, but 4k Dolby Vision / HDR10 through Jellyfin is fine. I don’t know if I have any HDR10+ files to check, I’ll find out and let you know.

          • Default Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            5 months ago

            Oh, cool. I read on the LineageOS wiki that Dolby Vision doesn’t work on the shield with LOS installed, so good to hear that it works. The LOS wiki also says that Nvidia’s AI upscaling doesn’t work, so not sure if that’s also the case.

            • Fetus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              4 months ago

              Oh! So it turns out that I do know that HDR10+ doesn’t work.

              I had trouble getting season 2 of Fallout to play and only just noticed that it was HDR10+. Downmixing the audio to stereo let it play fine, I assume that may have forced a transcode to a lower HDR spec. It didn’t look as flattened as it would if it were converted to SDR.

              Also, the Shield isn’t listed anywhere as supported hardware for HDR10+, even before degoogling. That may change if it’s just a licensing thing. So FAR, I’ve only had one thing not play for me as expected, so I don’t currently feel like I’m missing out on anything.

              Also haven’t tried any AI upscaling. Decent bitrate 720 is watchable enough for me, and I try to limit my exposure to anything marketed as AI anyway.

              If those couple of things are dealbreakers, you could maybe go down the debloating path instead of a different ROM? If I get another Shield for my other TV, I might try that first and compare my experiences between the two.