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Amazon “Fire TV” remotes - DESIGNED to be thrown away!
NiHaoMike:
--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on January 10, 2022, 10:41:19 pm ---Rather than continuing on the Fire TV treadmill, I've switched to a Nvidia Shield TV Pro. Hopefully it won't have the planned obsolescence issue Fire TV does.
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I'm disappointed Nvidia haven't upgraded it by much compared to the original in 2015. Mainly just a slightly faster version of the same CPU, 3GB RAM while the much cheaper Raspberry Pi 4 is available with 8GB.
I would say that a PC would be the most future proof, although obviously for a higher budget. Would be an interesting challenge to see how much it would cost to build a PC (using only new parts) with performance comparable to a Shield TV. Back when the original Shield TV was new, building a PC with equivalent performance would be a lot more expensive. I'd be surprised if that's still the case nowadays.
SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on January 11, 2022, 01:49:06 am ---
--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on January 10, 2022, 10:41:19 pm ---Rather than continuing on the Fire TV treadmill, I've switched to a Nvidia Shield TV Pro. Hopefully it won't have the planned obsolescence issue Fire TV does.
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I'm disappointed Nvidia haven't upgraded it by much compared to the original in 2015. Mainly just a slightly faster version of the same CPU, 3GB RAM while the much cheaper Raspberry Pi 4 is available with 8GB.
I would say that a PC would be the most future proof, although obviously for a higher budget. Would be an interesting challenge to see how much it would cost to build a PC (using only new parts) with performance comparable to a Shield TV. Back when the original Shield TV was new, building a PC with equivalent performance would be a lot more expensive. I'd be surprised if that's still the case nowadays.
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How high performance does it need to be to show TV content though? I've always used middling PC builds to run projectors etc. (playing dvd and BluRay rips) and it was a pretty good experience overall...
MrMobodies:
--- Quote from: eti on January 11, 2022, 01:30:47 am ---
--- Quote from: MrMobodies on January 06, 2022, 06:19:26 am ---Did that just stopped working?
I have never known a remote to stop working ever.
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With respect, there’s ~7BN people on earth, and you’re a sample count of ONE person. I agree that IR remotes are very reliable on the whole, but even then I’ve got an LG which is kept immaculately clean, and yet the buttons of which decide to stop being tactile, or responding.
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Aaah I have seen some remotes in the past say residential homes and living accommodations where some buttons didn't work too well obviously wear and tear and some had been dropped/ labels worn off and filthy condition but never came across one that stopped working in good condition and looked aftered.
Here's a fault you might know about:
I brought a One4all LCD remote like the one above in 2005. I really liked and it worked fine for about a year but one day when it went flat so I changed the batteries. Then it kept on draining them every two weeks and eventually a week. I tried different AA batteries, Duracell, Panasonic and some rechargeables. I can't remember what I did with it but I lost it at some point.
Obviously something in the circuit started to draw a lot more power.
Any ideas how that could suddenly happen?
Monkeh:
--- Quote from: eti on January 11, 2022, 01:30:47 am ---With respect, there’s ~7BN people on earth, and you’re a sample count of ONE person.
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Well now, you have something in common!
It never ceases to amaze me how you expect top notch quality and design for repairability out of bargain basement loss-leading products.
eti:
--- Quote from: Monkeh on January 11, 2022, 02:40:19 am ---
--- Quote from: eti on January 11, 2022, 01:30:47 am ---With respect, there’s ~7BN people on earth, and you’re a sample count of ONE person.
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Well now, you have something in common!
It never ceases to amaze me how you expect top notch quality and design for repairability out of bargain basement loss-leading products.
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Setting up a straw man does nothing. I expect it TO WORK, it’s not asking much.
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