Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing?

• blackris@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yes, thw differences are night and day. Every time I want to watch one of the few movies I own on Blu-ray, I turn my old PS4 on and remember how shitty a controller is for media playback and I download the movie and watch it on my Raspberry Pi with Kodi and a proper media remote.

  So again: if I just want to watch Netflix, why should I add a console that has no advantages, but uses more power and forces me to use a controller that is nice for many games but shit for watching movies?

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  • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    if it’s such a problem, then don’t use anything, let your tv be open to the Internet and browser hacks. that’s your prerogative. but we’re telling why it’s a bad idea, that’s all.

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  • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, the differences are night and day. Every time I want to watch one of the few movies I own on Blu-ray, I turn my old PS4 on and remember how shitty a controller is for media playback and I download the movie and watch it on my Raspberry Pi with Kodi and a proper media remote.

    • lol no you don’t.

    So again: if I just want to watch Netflix, why should I add a console that has no advantages, but uses more power and forces me to use a controller that is nice for many games but shit for watching movies?

    -You aren’t raw dogging your TV apps…youre using a console of sorts to run your media vs letting the TV do it. Which was what I was asking in the root comment in this thread.

    So what I originally said…and what I’m replying to now are the same sentiment. You’re being a contrarian.

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