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minus-squareCancerMancer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 months agoDon’t give your TV wifi access, use a separate device to watch stuff (Chromecast, FireTV, Android box, etc…)
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·8 months agoWish it had more apps, but Apple TV is pretty solid. With the Steam link app, it’s also good for couch gaming on your pc.
minus-squareDarren@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoWe use Moonlight instead of Steam Link. It requires a little more setting up at the PC end, but overall seems to be a more smooth result.
minus-squareflightyhobler@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoWitch brands have moonlight available natively? I think I remember Samsung. Anything else? LG doesn’t…
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoAnything that runs android, but still, just get an old laptop with a broken screen and duct tape it to the back of the screen
minus-squareflightyhobler@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoCan we install stuff outside of the play store? Like NewPipe?
minus-squareYarHarSuperstar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI just dock my steam deck
minus-squarejacksilver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoYeah, that was my approach, but the forced ads are also on the roku stick :(
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoYeah about time for me to switch to something else :/
minus-squaretehn00bi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoIs there anything that’s a better alternative?
minus-squarejacksilver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoSome people have mentioned apple TV, for now that at least isn’t riddled with ads. Others have mentioned getting android sticks, but I’m not sure how smooth that process is (or how well they work with remotes).
Don’t give your TV wifi access, use a separate device to watch stuff (Chromecast, FireTV, Android box, etc…)
Wish it had more apps, but Apple TV is pretty solid. With the Steam link app, it’s also good for couch gaming on your pc.
We use Moonlight instead of Steam Link. It requires a little more setting up at the PC end, but overall seems to be a more smooth result.
Witch brands have moonlight available natively? I think I remember Samsung. Anything else? LG doesn’t…
Anything that runs android, but still, just get an old laptop with a broken screen and duct tape it to the back of the screen
Can we install stuff outside of the play store? Like NewPipe?
I just dock my steam deck
Yeah, that was my approach, but the forced ads are also on the roku stick :(
Yeah about time for me to switch to something else :/
Is there anything that’s a better alternative?
Some people have mentioned apple TV, for now that at least isn’t riddled with ads. Others have mentioned getting android sticks, but I’m not sure how smooth that process is (or how well they work with remotes).