I currently use an Apple TV 4K, which is - as far as I’m aware - more or less the best streaming box you can buy. However, it’s the version without ethernet, and Steam Link has become a dog over wifi for some reason. So I figured I’d look around to see if there’s an alternative solution.

Hardware-wise, I have a Dell Optiplex 3020 or a 2014 Mac mini (running Debian), to choose from, but have no real idea where to go from there, beyond the vague notion that KDE have put big screen mode back into beta. I did have a play with that a few months ago in a VM, but was struck that there were (obviously) no applications that made any real use of it.

Does anyone out there run anything they’ve built themselves? If so, what?

  • Canuck@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    One TV I have an Nvidia Shield to get all the various codec support, upscaling, and the flexibility Android inherently has over iOS.

    Another TV, I have the Steam Machine (HDMI CEC is key) with the latest update, which has Bigscreen mode in Plasma 6.7, and also Waydroid TV with Gapps to help with some issues. I recall there being a way to bring over codecs from ChromeOS into Linux but I have not looked at it.

    Last TV is just the gaming tower with Plasma 6.7 for Bigscreen. Serves as the NAS as well for other devices to Kodi/Jellyfin with 20 hard drive bays.