Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

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Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

  • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
    2·
    9 months ago

    Anyone got a suggestion for smart-ing a dumb TV? Preferably away from big tech and towards the self-hosted end of the spectrum.

    Ability to play from Jellyfin, Netflix, Disney+, etc would be great.

    Plus ability to control with a remote rather than keyboard & mouse that we currently use with the PC plugged into TV setup.

    • Xcf456@lemmy.nz
      1·
      9 months ago

      I went through this a while back and ended up with a SmartVU a7070 which I highly recommend. Main features for me were:

      • I still wanted freeview satellite connection, which this has and is all set up for out of the box
      • certified by Google play/Netflix. Virtually all of the cheap ones off aliespress and the like aren’t certified for Netflix, so they are apparently limited to low playback resolutions.

      It’s not quite away from big tech being an android TV box and all, but I’ve been able to sideload apps and it runs emby/jellyfin great. It has a good remote too, which runs off Bluetooth so you can still use mice/keyboards etc.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
        0·
        9 months ago

        Oooh, interesting! Yeah I kinda wanted to avoid Google but I will keep this on my potential options. I have heard the Jellyfin app for Android TV is bad, and people recommend Kodi with the Jellyfin add on. How have you found it?

        Virtually all of the cheap ones off aliespress and the like aren’t certified for Netflix, so they are apparently limited to low playback resolutions.

        Our TV only does 720p anyway 😆

        • Xcf456@lemmy.nz
          2·
          9 months ago

          To be honest I’ve mostly used the emby app so can’t say too much about jellyfin’s. I tested it at one point and it seemed to work the same re playback - generally the interface isn’t as good I find.

          Haha, the resolution downscaling for Netflix is to 480p I think, so you may notice it even on your 720p TV.

          • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
            1·
            9 months ago

            To be honest I’ve mostly used the emby app so can’t say too much about jellyfin’s. I tested it at one point and it seemed to work the same re playback - generally the interface isn’t as good I find.

            Probably if it’s ‘OK’ then it will do.

            Haha, the resolution downscaling for Netflix is to 480p I think, so you may notice it even on your 720p TV.

            Ah nuts.