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| eti:
Feel free to disregard ANY comments to the tune of "get a Raspberry pi, and..." - yeah, no, don't. Whoever is offering such terrible "advice" is doing so because they're a "fan" of the Pi and therefore, when you have a hammer, EVERYTHING is a nail that needs said hammer. The Pi is useful for many things, but as a USEFUL and PRACTICAL OS for daily use, even the thought of recommending it immediately signals a red flag in my mind, saying "this person doesn't know what they're on about" - DO NOT use the Pi for that. Here's the problem with nerds & engineers - they think because THEY have the time to fanny and faff around with niche, obscure "solutions", then everyone else will find it useful too. Nope - there's BETTER ways - even, GASP, dare I say, the ever-crappy Amazon Fire TV stick is an infinitely better browsing experience than on the Pi. Occum's razor applies here - use the SIMPLEST solution, not a Pi "just because it's a pi, and we need to be seen applying them as a one-size-fits-all to every conceivable problem" No no no no NO! WRONG mindset! Use anything BUT a Pi, and you'll be calm and stress free. |
| Muttley Snickers:
OP Update A mate heard about my problem and has dropped off an Intel PC Stick (SC1-INT 2015) which he no longer needs. It runs Windows 8.1 and I hooked it up but it asked for a password and he didn't know what it was so I now need to default the device and try again. |
| NiHaoMike:
--- Quote from: eti on May 25, 2020, 12:14:39 am ---Here's the problem with nerds & engineers - they think because THEY have the time to fanny and faff around with niche, obscure "solutions", then everyone else will find it useful too. Nope - there's BETTER ways - even, GASP, dare I say, the ever-crappy Amazon Fire TV stick is an infinitely better browsing experience than on the Pi. --- End quote --- Why suggest something that resists being customized to work the way you want it to work (hard to root) as opposed to a well supported platform that is specifically designed to be customized? For example, installing an adblocker. That said, something like the ODROID C4 might be a better choice. |
| wraper:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on May 25, 2020, 03:31:58 am --- --- Quote from: eti on May 25, 2020, 12:14:39 am ---Here's the problem with nerds & engineers - they think because THEY have the time to fanny and faff around with niche, obscure "solutions", then everyone else will find it useful too. Nope - there's BETTER ways - even, GASP, dare I say, the ever-crappy Amazon Fire TV stick is an infinitely better browsing experience than on the Pi. --- End quote --- Why suggest something that resists being customized to work the way you want it to work (hard to root) as opposed to a well supported platform that is specifically designed to be customized? For example, installing an adblocker. That said, something like the ODROID C4 might be a better choice. --- End quote --- Yeah, why choosing something that's not customizable but just works as it should over something that sucks for the task but you can tinker with it? No Idea :-// |
| Jeroen3:
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on May 20, 2020, 12:29:40 pm --- --- Quote ---but they are not really an ideal solution in the bedroom, the TV with all its faults has been a good compromise in that regard --- End quote --- Wait - your ideal ..ahem.. 'bedtime' viewing is a Dave video? The TV could the least of your problems ^-^ --- End quote --- Falling asleep with the infinite ramblings of Dave in the background? :blah: You could use a Chromecast and use your phone as controller. You milage may vary. I bought an Intel NUC aside my cheap smart tv to play streaming video. It can also play blu-ray quality 4k HDR mkv's, which the TV cannot (not even over USB). It has IR, so you can get a remote for it. Built-in bluetooth for a keyboard with touchpad. Possibilities enough. You just have to pay €500 and accept that even the most expensive smart tv is a dumpsterfire. I'm not satisfied with the noise of the nuc though, it has a fan and playing 4k video makes it work |
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