termus
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- Comment on I love my smart TV (From Mastodon) - Repost 2 weeks ago:
We have an older 2012 1080p Sony 55" TV. Super thin, still works great. It had a few “smart” things it could do, like local tv guide, weather. Very simple stuff, nothing like streaming apps. Those basic smart things haven’t functioned in a while. Support ended for them a long time ago. I’ve had a negative opinion for smart TVs since then. Having those functions sitting there broken drives me nuts.
We always used some type of streaming box. Started out with some Roku’s for a long time that worked okay until they updated them enough to run like shit. Ads were never egregious but you could tell where the trend was going. A friend let me have an older Nvidia Shield TV. It was FILLED with ads for shit we didn’t care about. Google Play store shit, Nvidia shit, advertisement shit, AHHHHHHH. It too eventually was updated enough to where everything runs like shit. I looked into a lot of self contained media systems from no names on Amazon, but I just didn’t trust them. I could set up a PC to do it all and I’d be fine with it but my wife wants something easy to use.
Sooo I ended up going with an Apple TV. So far it’s been really nice. Zero ads on the home screen. It lists the previous content we were watching and then our streaming apps below it, that’s it. When you move the cursor over the Netflix or other apps it lists what you previously watched and some recommendations for other shows but it’s not in your face or moving anything around to do it. There are some apps you can’t remove, but I just made a folder and threw them all in there. It’s nice but it’s costly at around $140. So far for me, I’d say it’s worth it. We only use Netflix, Hulu and Plex on it, but all of them work great. It also supports the Steam Link app. I use it some, but I’ve started to use Moonlight that is installed on my Steam Link device instead, since the picture and stream quality is a lot better.
- Comment on Looking for coop RPGs 3 weeks ago:
Secret of Mana and its remake are both co-op once you unlock the second character.
- Comment on Let's discuss: Mascot Platformers 2 months ago:
I’m sad Little Big Planet doesn’t get this love anymore. The first two games were fantastic platformers.
- Comment on Which unplayed game in your library are you most looking forward to playing eventually? 3 months ago:
You can mod the first three to get it close to par with the Legendary edition. The improvements they made in LE on all 3 make it worth playing, but if a user account is your limit I guess not. There are a ton of mods for LE now as well.
- Comment on Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now, Thanks to AI Deal 5 months ago:
Does this mean the Internet Archive will no longer be archiving reddit posts? That’s how I’ve tried viewing most since I deleted my accounts.
- Comment on I asked what your fave controllers are, now. What is the worst controller you have used? 6 months ago:
We ended up nailing them down to plywood. They registered waaaaay better but wore out 3x as fast.
- Comment on I asked what your fave controllers are, now. What is the worst controller you have used? 6 months ago:
I never seem to get over 6 feet. 😆
- Comment on I asked what your fave controllers are, now. What is the worst controller you have used? 6 months ago:
Any controller using Bluetooth.
- Comment on Speaking of controllers: What's your favorite WEIRD controller? 6 months ago:
Behold this $400 monstrosity. This is my Xbox Adaptive controller set up mapped for Ultima Online Outlands. I’ve had a few iterations but this seems best for me so far. Can use it with some other games but that requires using WASD with my feets. It costs so much because it took 3 freaking Logitech kits to get all the buttons I needed. 😭
- Comment on Speaking of controllers: What's your favorite WEIRD controller? 6 months ago:
My wife had a PS2 version of this with Final Fantasy 11 and the hard drive/modem attachment. I had never seen one before. It was pretty cool.
- Comment on What are your favourite controllers? 6 months ago:
I would love to see a Steam deck like version. It really needed a right analog stick and a touchpad.
- Comment on How to get good at FPS with a controller, coming from a PC gamer? 6 months ago:
Second this. You can set it to enable when you place your finger on the either joystick, the trackpad or even set it up to turn on when you press whichever button to ADS. It works very well and has a ton of customization options.
- Comment on Game Recording Steam Beta 6 months ago:
It wasn’t showing up for me on the families beta I was already on. Switching to the regular beta it now is and the family function looks the same.
- Comment on Game Recording Steam Beta 6 months ago:
Is this beta separate from the Family beta? I guess you can’t do both?
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 9th 7 months ago:
Picked up 30XX last night and have been going through it. Very fun so far but the end boss is just a bunch of bullllllshitta.
SpiderHeck because I can never fully put it down.
Finally finished the full Red Dead Redemption 2 story. (After putting 450 hours into Red Dead Online and starting the single player over a year ago lol).
City of Heroes is always in the rotation. Can’t stop won’t stop (unless they shut it down again). - Comment on Your Computer Isn't Yours: Apple stores every program you run, and when and where you ran it 9 months ago:
Sounds like Microsoft is the problem here. Their antics finally got me to switch to Linux with Copilot.
Just curious, are you unvaccinated too?
- Comment on I see your Outlook (new) and I raise you Microsoft Teams classic (work or school) 10 months ago:
I think their first use of CoPilot was for pairing two Xbox controllers together for accessibility. Instead of making up something new, they just co-opt it from that and now it’s going to be impossible to google Copilot for Xbox Controllers issues.
Oh well, glad I made the switch to Linux.
- Comment on I see your Outlook (new) and I raise you Microsoft Teams classic (work or school) 10 months ago:
“Well we let half the team go after the last version launched, so you’ll have to make due with what they left behind.”
- Comment on Great question Michael 10 months ago:
What the fuck does Google know about support? They’ve never supported anything.
