• candyman337
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    1 month ago

    Reasons I turn off WiFi on any TV I buy and use a streaming box

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        1 month ago

        Yeah I don’t get roku boxes lol. I have an nvidia shield pro, and I’m considering loading the lineageOS software on it

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          1 month ago

          I got the shield too, it’s amazing. Upgraded from an old Chromecast and it’s night and day, didn’t realize how slow the Chromecast was, even on Ethernet.

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            1 month ago

            oh man, hard agree, the shield is the kind of android boxes

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        Roku devices and fire sticks belong in the recycle bin.

        I switched everything to Apple TV .

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          1 month ago

          I’m not into the apple walled garden, I use android boxes

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          Onn is just Walmart Roku, they will absolutely slather it in ads as soon as they figure out how. +1 on Nvidia shield.

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            1 month ago

            You can boot lineage os’s android TV version easily on the onn one

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              1 month ago

              To my knowledge that only works for the 2021 version which is no longer sold. The newer 2024 version is locked down further and cannot have its bootloader unlocked.

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      I was seeing the Moana promo with my Roku streaming stick on a Samsung TV. Didn’t look like an ad exactly tho, just a nice ocean background behind the menu.

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        personally I prefer android streaming boxes, because you can install custom versions of android tv on them, so if the official release from google is bad, you can just go to the community version

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          1 month ago

          That general principle makes me confident that opensource community-driven software will eventually replace corporateware. As long as people get equivalent features they’ll eventually gravitate toward the alternative that has no opportunistic agenda.

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          There any custom versions you can point me to? I’ve been looking for a custom Android OS to install on my Insignia Fire TV.

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            https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/

            lineageOS, but you have to have a supported device, and I’m not seeing that device on there. Plus fire tv’s are pretty locked down. I would suggest walmarts onn 4k box or an nvidia shield