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0 pointsFooHentai5y ago0 comments

Whatever has the best panel for the best price, then strap an apple TV (or your choice of NUC) onto it and completely ignore whatever on-board smarts exist.

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m_eiman5y ago

This is the only reasonable solution. I've got an OLED LG "TV", connected to an Apple TV and a receiver for proper audio (using HDMI ARC).

To turn everything on, I press a button on the Apple TV remote and everything is up and running within five seconds or so (from standby/sleep mode). Powering off the Apple TV also turns off the display and the receiver via HDMI CEC.

Edit: http://www.eiman.tv/misc/power-on.mov

Sjonny5y ago

I found that my receiver was still using 50W while in "CEC-ready standby", while it's only 2W in normal standby, so I never use it. I'll just press a few more buttons.

loufe5y ago

That's incredible. 50W is wholy unnacceptable.

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covercash5y ago

The biggest drawback to this is the lack of support for 4K in the YouTube app on Apple TV.

antsar5y ago

And that the YouTube app forces its ads and shitty recommendations down your throat. A NUC running Kodi sounds nicer. (Yeah, yeah, pi-hole. It’s a bandaid, IMHO)

Also, Apple‘s streaming services being ever more annoyingly shoved in your face on menu screens.

covercash5y ago

I think a simple Youtube-dl + web based front end that can run on a Raspberry Pi would be a great way to help lots of people bypass YouTube.com/apps, make it as simple as PiHole for users to get going. Have it organize files in a way that would allow clients like Plex to easily access that content. Easy 4k + ad-free content on any device.

kmlx5y ago

it doesn't have any ads if you buy Youtube Premium

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vetinari5y ago

Pihole cannot block youtube ads. You need uBlock, that can block parts of DOM tree inside a page, knowing hosts is not enough.

abawany5y ago

Pine and others have an opportunity to pair with Kodi, like Pine did with UBPorts and etc. to market a Kodi device.

galad875y ago

YouTube app is supposed to support 4k on tvOS 14. I don't know if Google already updated the app or not.

mFixman5y ago

Any reason why an Apple TV and not a Roku or a Chromecast?

chadlavi5y ago

Roku and Chromecast do the same BS as smart TVs

mFixman5y ago

...do they?

I have a Chromecast and have never seen an ad.

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m_eiman5y ago

This is the only reasonable solution. I've got an OLED LG "TV", connected to an Apple TV and a receiver for proper audio (using HDMI ARC).

Edit: http://www.eiman.tv/misc/power-on.mov

Sjonny5y ago

I found that my receiver was still using 50W while in "CEC-ready standby", while it's only 2W in normal standby, so I never use it. I'll just press a few more buttons.

loufe5y ago

That's incredible. 50W is wholy unnacceptable.

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covercash5y ago

The biggest drawback to this is the lack of support for 4K in the YouTube app on Apple TV.

antsar5y ago

And that the YouTube app forces its ads and shitty recommendations down your throat. A NUC running Kodi sounds nicer. (Yeah, yeah, pi-hole. It’s a bandaid, IMHO)

Also, Apple‘s streaming services being ever more annoyingly shoved in your face on menu screens.

covercash5y ago

kmlx5y ago

it doesn't have any ads if you buy Youtube Premium

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vetinari5y ago

Pihole cannot block youtube ads. You need uBlock, that can block parts of DOM tree inside a page, knowing hosts is not enough.

abawany5y ago

Pine and others have an opportunity to pair with Kodi, like Pine did with UBPorts and etc. to market a Kodi device.

galad875y ago

YouTube app is supposed to support 4k on tvOS 14. I don't know if Google already updated the app or not.

mFixman5y ago

Any reason why an Apple TV and not a Roku or a Chromecast?

chadlavi5y ago

Roku and Chromecast do the same BS as smart TVs

mFixman5y ago

...do they?

I have a Chromecast and have never seen an ad.

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