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What is your Alternative to firestick suggestion (piefed.social)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Cherry@piefed.social to c/piracy@lemmy.ml

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Hi all I have a few TVs around the house and have previously used firestick and stremio setup. I do like stremio tbh but I am trying to decode/deamazon etc so I need an alternative option for the TVs. Not all are smart TVs and I like it that way so accept a small box attached is the cost.

I tend to basically use stremio and cinema HD at a push., and a VPN app. A few uk tv catchup apps. I don’t need recording or storage. I will likely move to some self hosting/serve in the next year.

I am trying to be conscious of my purchases and who I am buying, and also take steps to protect my privacy. I have a few to buy so budget needs to not be on the higher end.

Thanks in advance

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[–] Unusable3151@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I'd recommend looking at used Nvidia Shields. They're simply the best Android TV boxes available. There are pretty good instructions available to remove all the proprietary stuff from the devices, too.

[–] Qkall@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

It's insane they're still the best option like 6 years in... And I got an android update earlier this year.

I would like an updated revision...I just need a couple more gb of ram

[–] anon5621@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Huh but I wonder does old shield support modern hardware codecs like av1,vp9,h.265,dts-hd ? Software rendering of these would be slow or sound not possible at all

[–] BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

It does support vp9 and h265, I believe DTS-HD as well but I think that's only for if you use eARC (I only use optical so I have everything convert to AC3). AV1 is not supported afaik, but I have my server do the conversion in realtime with quicksync and serve up h264 or h265.

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

Been hanging for an update. Could probs get one on the main tv. A bit pricey to do the full house though.