• just another dev@lemmy.my-box.dev
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    7 months ago

    What a stupid title. As if anybody’s buying smart devices in the hope they’ll be worth more someday.

    My on topic advice: if you rely on your smart TV to get to your content, you’re going to have a bad time. Get a small computer instead, and treat your “smart” TV as a monitor, nothing more.

    I did get myself an nvidia shield last year, and after switching out the stock launcher for something that doesn’t show ads (and better yet, launches straight into plex at boot), I couldn’t be happier.

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      7 months ago

      Yes, I still love my Shield, but there’s no doubt it’s getting long in the tooth, and there aren’t any true replacements on the horizon. The Shield has also lost some features through time, like Nvidia’s local game streaming, though Moonlight and Steam have helped fill that gap.

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      7 months ago

      Out of curiosity, which is the launcher you chose?

      I froze the stock launcher at the last version without Ads. It works, but I guess some entries like “continue watching” could be bugging out now because it is out of date/never patched.

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      7 months ago

      Where is everyone getting the ads? And why don’t I have them? Not that I want them, but I own two Shields and neither has ads on the homescreen.