Just use a mini PC and pirate everything. The amazon fire interface sucks anyways. Every streaming service is in a different app and you have to remember which app to use for each show.

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

If you want a new console + a PC at your TV, I think the new Steam Machine could be nice for that.

Running SteamOS (Linux) this should be good, or am I missing something?

[–] auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

NVIDIA shield is still king.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nvidia contracts with palantir

[–] auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 days ago

Not related to this.

[–] Stretch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

+1 Coming up on my ten year anniversary with mine.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I suggest Bazzite if you want a better expirience, it's more mantained than the public steamOS release and has a little more features

[–] helix@feddit.org 18 points 1 week ago

Oh so you already own a Steam Machine and installed it? What's the performance like? Did you install Kodi?

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 18 points 1 week ago

If you're running a steam machine or a steam deck, SteamOS is the way to go. It's significantly smoother, and running Bazzites Game Interface version is buggy and slow as hell in comparison to native steamos

[–] gr3q@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

HDMI-CEC out of the box? Does it not lose focus when you turn off/on the TV so keyboard/remote navigation becomes impossible?

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 1 week ago

After a long time trying to wrap my head around, I finally have jellyfin, are Services, with transmission running behind a vpn, all running seamlessly with a single docker compose file. It's beautiful. I'm only sad I didn't do it sooner. Fuck these companies.

[–] Hyperrealism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

Or buy a second hand pc for not much more than 50 euros/dollars. Install linux and it'll be more than fast enough for torrenting, playing media and a bit of surfing. Companies are off loading anything that can't run windows 11 right now.

Also means you're not torrenting stuff on your main system while gaming.

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

Got any suggested tutorials?

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Yah we have one TV in our house and it has a RPI5 on it with a SSD and a keyboard with a trackpad in it… it’s the perfect machine to watch everything ever with an awesome interface.