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Disastrous-Spell-135 t1_jb78pr9 wrote

Reply to comment by strangebutalsogood in All the streaming boxes suck now - There are no good streaming boxes, and I blame everybody. by speckz

Simply

Edit: lol you peoples living rooms must look like ass, HDMI cables and towers all over the place to save a few euros on an apple tv or shield

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strangebutalsogood t1_jb794rw wrote

Yes

Edit: my living room looks just fine, thanks. Cable management is a thing.

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justthisones t1_jb98dkw wrote

Tbf anything that isn’t behind one-two button presses while sitting down seems difficult to many people nowadays.

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bear60640 t1_jb9bttl wrote

Two buttons?!!!! What am I, getting paid by big TV???!!!

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Delta8ttt8 t1_jb79647 wrote

An hdmi will carry video and audio. Grab a Logitech Wifi mouse n keyboard. What else do ya need? If your pc is so Far away from the tv then you have a big living area. Buy another pc. If you have a smaller area then money might be tight and it’s a worth investment.

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jjj49er t1_jb98n9i wrote

I use Unified Remote on my phone to control my computer. It has mouse and keyboard functions, but also custom remotes for whatever app you're using to watch the video.

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muscletrain t1_jb85sfv wrote

I stream everything originally had the Intel ComputeStick from years ago and just replaced it with one of the many options on Amazon. For about $250CAD you can get a stick that plugs directly into your HDMI Slot with 8GB RAM + 128GB space and is smaller than my cellphone, full windows 10 or 11 and just stream whatever you want...It really is simple. Plug a Bluetooth keyboard with the mouse pad combo and you never need to worry about streaming things again.

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Disastrous-Spell-135 t1_jb9fbyb wrote

And for 150 dollares i can just use a apple tv, don’t even need a mouse and keyboard

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muscletrain t1_jban6uv wrote

And then what pay for all your subscriptions ? I just open a browser and stream whatever I want..there is no cables showing the apple tv box is probably 3 times as big and much more restricted. People also have stuff like PLEX servers setup they're not having a tower sitting on the floor with an HDMI cable running to it....

Or download any other streaming app like Moonlight to your smart TV.

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Disastrous-Spell-135 t1_jbbejgy wrote

Yes, i pay for some subscriptions. I am not watching some janky fucked up browser stream in my home theater, thank you.

And for my digitised bluray collection i have a plex server. What, you think the apple tv cannot play a simple plex stream? The best plex player out there is only available on iOS, Infuse.

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Holofoil t1_jbarqmu wrote

Mini pcs have been a thing for a while now. You can even get cheap ones for like a 100$ that don't throttle on 4k video.

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