I’m still confused about all this. Here are all the suggestions:
Perflyst and Dandelion Sprout’s Smart-TV Blocklist
Blokada
Send files to TV
Aptoide
Nvidia Shield
LineageOS w/MicroG
If I rephrase my original question, if finance is not an issue, what is the easiest, most private setup for a TV or projector non-smart device.
Is there a consensus on Nvidia Shield?
Then the other questions would be which OS to choose? Just Nvidia Shield out of the box vs LineageOS w/MicroG? And lastly the appstore would be Aptoide if Android TV?
Can I just use Nvidia Shield out of the box and that’s it?
On my telco smart tv, F-Droid works fine. Only the official Google TV is bad for this.
You are looking for an Android TV.
Can’t answer the rest of your question, just that per Mozilla Nvidia Shield is the less worst, I think Naomi Brockwell (NBTV) might have made a video on this.
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I don’t know much about the Nvidia Shield so I can’t really comment on the comparison between the two. For my specific use case, the TV I wanted was a QD-OLED that came with Google TV so I was more or less forced to figure out a solution within that environment. I only have one app that I use for local streaming (Jellyfin) which isn’t a lot of maintenance to update, I basically just update the app when I remember to probably around once every 1-2 months.
The reality is that the “best” solution is what works for you. Everyone has their own thoughts and implementations which is what leads to such a wide variety of answers in this thread. There really isn’t a consensus on any of this, so to me it seems to be a case of figuring out what your priorities are and paring down the solutions from there.
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Right, so the best solution for me would be the easiest (in time implementation), most private setup for a non-smart device (TV or projector).
If it takes me max 4 hours (as a first-time installation) to have everything (NAS + apps) up and running, I’d be happy.
I searched and wasn’t able to find one.
She talked un a podcast about Apple TV and how they required an Apple ID and so on, but you are right no vidéo on this. Sorry
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A question I didn’t ask, can I ‘cast’ with the Nvidia shield?
Thanks! Do you know if you cast on the Nvidia Shield, does it use Google Servers? Does Google know what you cast?