First thing I noticed when I installed PiHole though was that "scribe.roku.com" and a bunch of other roku related telemetry was getting blocked like CRAZY.

...And the TV somehow got a bit faster.

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🦜🦜☠️

Use Kodi with a Debrid service to pirate everything for a fraction of the price and high res and audio

I haven't had any issues. Then again I usually purchase equipment that is known to play nice with Linux.

LibreELEC takes the win for me almost every time. Extremely efficient. Kodi has the bare minimum but there's an add-on for your niche needs & Article Fuse 3 is insanely polished now & hands down THE best Kodi skin ever.

I run the official Jellyfin add-on for TV + series but still have Elementum for p2p streaming & I could also use Jellyfin's music library but Kodi can just access the shared Navidrome root folder. I prefer multiple ways of accessing the same folders than leaving it all to Kodi or Jellyfin.

But I digress. LibreELEC can be the powerhouse you want or the barebones you need.

Depends on the specs of the minicomputer you get and what you want to do with it. It really doesn't take much processing power to run just streams. As long as the distro runs smoothly on the machine it will work just fine.

This is what I was looking in the thread for.

A simple launcher replacement and debloat is not enough for me to feel like I actually own a device, I still wouldn't trust it.

I am incredibly annoyed that I tried to get one of those and actually ended up with a patched YOC (2411A).

I don't suppose anybody (or any clanker) has figured out a root exploit for those yet?

Nope!

https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/12rya0t/change_launcher_debloat_the_new_onn_4k_streaming/

Projectivy Launcher is quite good. I'd also recommend these ones:

https://apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.leanbitlab.ltvL

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.luncher.launcher

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.odiousapps.mx3launcher

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.tvlauncher

Plenty of other great launchers mentioned (Projectivy is damn good) but I thought I'd put in a vote for FLauncher. It's blood simple: here's a screen listing your apps. THE END.

You can change the background wallpaper, make different sections for different apps, hide/show specific apps and sort them as you will, but that is it. Perfect if you only plan to go back to the home menu when you're switching between apps (like me).

Looks like he acted quickly and the issue is resolved. But obviously only do what you're comfortable with.

Just get any TV but don't connect it WiFi or ethernet.

I've heard the only way to get a modern one is to basically get one that's meant for commercial signage. =\

Sceptre still makes them. I bought a 50" 4K from walmart under that brand a few years ago

you can't at any reasonable price and quality

I bought a 32" Westinghouse dumb TV for $149 from walmart several months back. I use it in my workshop where I don't have wi-fi. I use an over-the-air antennae and wanted to just have it come on and play without having to go through menus and shit...

Good tip for those who don't have the ability to sail. 🏴‍☠️

I can do folders on my Jellyfin setup, seems to work. :)

I believe it's possible? It's not something I use but it could be worth looking into again if you prefer that.

I see!

Nah, no shame, it's just that Jellyfin as a noncommercial solution is less mainstream, so if someone isn't a permanent Lemmy resident, they may genuinely not know of its existence.

If Plex works for you, yay!