What do I do if I already have roku and it's the only thing I have?
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Factory reset and never connect it to the internet.
Edit: That's if you want to keep it a dumb tv. I know there are likely OS alternatives if you want to bother, but I ended up just resetting mine and keeping it connected to my mini-pc.
And what about Roku devices that aren't TVs?
Pi-hole all the domains not required for content streaming
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What's a good alternative? I'm fine installing alternative OS and was looking at some lineageOS TV stuff but seeing mixed reports on whether you can get full quality on streaming services that way
The Onn streaming devices are recommended a lot. I picked one up for a new TV and besides needing a google account it's inoffensive and supports Projectivity launcher to customize and reduce ads.
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I have a Shield TV running LineageOS. It tells me that the device is not optimised for Netflix, but it plays in 1080. I mostly just use Jellyfin, mostly.
Does it playback Dolby Vision and HDR10+ content?
Not sure about Netflix, but 4k Dolby Vision / HDR10 through Jellyfin is fine. I don't know if I have any HDR10+ files to check, I'll find out and let you know.
Oh, cool. I read on the LineageOS wiki that Dolby Vision doesn't work on the shield with LOS installed, so good to hear that it works. The LOS wiki also says that Nvidia's AI upscaling doesn't work, so not sure if that's also the case.
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Yo ho, yo ho,a
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I'm going to turn off network access on my two Roku TVs (which will keep them from monetizing my attention). For those sets, I'm going to pick up a used Apple TV 4K and dig up my older 1080p Apple TV.
From frying pan to fire in one easy step.
Just connect a raspberry pi or a mini PC to your TV; you can steam Netflix/Hulu/etc from web browsers. Get yourself a wireless keyboard with a track pad to control it.
That's just an example link from eBay, not recommending that item or seller specifically. But you can get them that run off a USB dongle, or Bluetooth. They're absolutely fantastic.
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I factory reset the Roku TVs and replaced the set top units with Google Streamers and Nvidia Shields.
I only use my Roku for rifftrax. I wish those guys would make one for Android TV.
I did find their channel on YouTube and Pluto TV. if you can install Kodi, I'd look into the unofficial Pluto TV addon
E: or the Pluto app?
They have another app for streaming that has newer riffs behind a subscription. I started paying for it as reparations for getting riffs from places other than the website, but now it's become my wife and I's go to chill time. Last I saw it was only available on Roku or Fire TV. Hopefully I can install it on Plasma TV whenever that drops.
I don't have the skills, but I'd love to see some clean room design be done on roku.
Fuck em.
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