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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I spend the last couple weeks looking Into modded boxes and anti ad options and I came to the conclusion that a mini pc with wireless keyboard and mouse is the way to go. No special nonsense required. It's super easy to just find whatever I wanna watch online for free anyways and I don't need any special program or knowledge.

Now my next issue is between finding a dumb TV or a solid affordable projector. I mostly use the TV for movie nights anyways, I game on my pc and watch most stuff on my pc too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The main problem with a mini PC is a lot of streaming services won't serve you 4k content. Not an issue if you get your content from other sources though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah I'm leaning that direction but I'm also quite attracted to whatever the newest raspberry pi can do.

Mini PC might be easier but yeah I think either way a sbc will be my choice whether it's a Ryzen sbc or something else like a raspberry pi I'm honestly not sure.

Can state for a fact it won't be any amazon or roku device but that's about all.