Thanks for your help in my last thread! I was looking at Thomson box which I think is called Onn in the US. It says it has built in chromecast so is it not degoogling?
I have zero tech abilities so I have no clue
Thanks for your help in my last thread! I was looking at Thomson box which I think is called Onn in the US. It says it has built in chromecast so is it not degoogling?
I have zero tech abilities so I have no clue
It might not exactly fit your scenario, but maybe consider a mini PC. Many streaming services work in a web browser, so you could check that all yours are available that way beforehand. I’m partial to Beelink but many companies have similar offerings. Little, quiet or fanless, low power usage.
Costs are a bit higher initially, though it’ll likely have security updates longer than an Android box like the Onn one, and having more RAM might lend to that longevity in that role as well.
A mini PC gives you options like switching to Linux, running an arr stack for ditching streaming etc., that might seem worthwhile.
I don’t even use the browser on my Raspberry Pi - I just watch movies from my hard drive. I did doubt at first that Pi3 with just 1GB RAM would handle videos, but turns out it’s okay, it has hardware acceleration for video. Although I now only watch Youtube by downloading videos in very specific formats.