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Google TV Streamer gets $50 price increase (9to5google.com)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Looks like the ram and storage prices are hitting the Google TV Streamer now as well.

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[–] 4 points 2 months ago

I'm guessing that like the Raspberry Pi, this is using only one chip, maybe two for memory. These small devices are getting penalized pretty hard for that because one 8GB chip is way more expensive than two 4GB and so on.

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    What's that have to do with a blurry dildo?

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    • [–] 0 points 2 months ago

    I wonder why so much memory is needed to watch video.

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    [–] 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    More than 50% of an Nvidia shield now

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    How old is the Nvidia shield now? Has it ever had a hardware update?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Yes. Just by model number you have the p2571 (two versions), p2897, p3430, and p2897 from 2015-2019.

    Those models ignore the handheld series.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Thanks for that. I guess I'm too used to new models having new names like cell phones. I wasn't sure about specs when looking into the shield but now I know what to look for.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Anti-consumer in a weird way.
    You'd think they want to put new shiny version near any of the product communication.

    Maybe it's just the pet project of one senior engineer that makes enough profit to be continued and keeps the foot in the industry.

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    • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    Wait, people are paying extra to let Google spy on you more than they already do?

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    [–] 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    My Onn streaming stick I got for $50 looking like a better and better deal as the days go by

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    if you can find one in stock, the .onn 4k pro box for $59 is sick. Fast as heck, has a built in google play speaker (which you can disable) and a button to locate the remote, I'm dumping all my fire sticks for these

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I don't think I've found one of the larger boxes at my walmart yet but I got 2 of the sticks to replace old roku streaming sticks and need to replace my Roku ultra but it's working okay still

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    • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I remember when older devices lowered its prices with time

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Yeah, there was a time when hardware kept on improving. So, buying a new device 5yrs later meant you had superior hardware for the same price. Those were very interesting and hopeful times.

    Now, you get degraded specs for more price. These AI companies cannot fall fast enough. Our civilization is going through dark times thanks to the greed of a select few.

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