TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoThe TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8Karstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square287fedilinkarrow-up1645arrow-down18
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minus-squareZozano@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 day agoI want software on my TV. Steam Link specifically. I like streaming to my TV via Ethernet.
minus-squarenile_istic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoYou can do that with a Raspberry Pi for <$100 and without the need to have Amazon/Google/Roku/whoever tf else collecting your data.
minus-squarekinship@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoReally? Is there a name for finding guides to such wizardry?
minus-squareAtropos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agohttps://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6424-467A-31D9-C6CB It’s pretty straightforward!
minus-squareZozano@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoWho says I let Amazon/Google/Roku/whoeverTfElse collect my data? I have my TV isolated to its own network and allow inputs from LAN, so i can use Steam Link and Jellyfin just fine.
minus-squarenile_istic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoCool. Who owns the OS on the TV or the app store where you downloaded JF and SL?
minus-squareZozano@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 hours agoI didnt download Jellyfin or steamlink through an app store. I loaded the .apk onto a USB, plugged it in, and sideloaded it lol. Any other 'gotcha’s?
minus-squarenile_istic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours agoSounds like an unnecessary amount of extra work to avoid being spied on by the spyware TV that you bought. You do you, though bud.
minus-squareZozano@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 hours ago an unnecessary amount of extra work As opposed to buying, flashing, then installing a raspberry pi? Lol
minus-squarenile_istic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·51 minutes agoHonestly? It’s not that far off, with a much better pay off. But like I said, you do you. You wanna die on the smartTV hill for whatever reason, go for it lmao
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoSo get a device that can do that. You didn’t need a piece of software that will never see an update to do this.
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·24 hours agoIt’s funny that you think smart TVs don’t receive updates. It’s got a wifi chip for a reason.
minus-squaremichaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 hours agoTvs can last 20 years you’ll be lucky to get 2 years of updates
minus-squareatrielienz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoMy TV isn’t going to update because it’s been lobotomized.
I want software on my TV.
Steam Link specifically. I like streaming to my TV via Ethernet.
You can do that with a Raspberry Pi for <$100 and without the need to have Amazon/Google/Roku/whoever tf else collecting your data.
Really? Is there a name for finding guides to such wizardry?
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6424-467A-31D9-C6CB
It’s pretty straightforward!
Who says I let Amazon/Google/Roku/whoeverTfElse collect my data?
I have my TV isolated to its own network and allow inputs from LAN, so i can use Steam Link and Jellyfin just fine.
Cool. Who owns the OS on the TV or the app store where you downloaded JF and SL?
I didnt download Jellyfin or steamlink through an app store. I loaded the .apk onto a USB, plugged it in, and sideloaded it lol.
Any other 'gotcha’s?
Sounds like an unnecessary amount of extra work to avoid being spied on by the spyware TV that you bought. You do you, though bud.
As opposed to buying, flashing, then installing a raspberry pi? Lol
Honestly? It’s not that far off, with a much better pay off. But like I said, you do you. You wanna die on the smartTV hill for whatever reason, go for it lmao
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So get a device that can do that. You didn’t need a piece of software that will never see an update to do this.
It’s funny that you think smart TVs don’t receive updates. It’s got a wifi chip for a reason.
Tvs can last 20 years you’ll be lucky to get 2 years of updates
My TV isn’t going to update because it’s been lobotomized.