Alternative to Apple TV/Fire TV stick etc.? (feddit.org)

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Does anybody know of a proper alternative to Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV sticks, Roku sticks, etc.?

At the moment, I’m still using a Fire TV Stick with my old TV, but ideally, I’d like to replace it with something European. Is there anything?

Requirements are:

Runs a Jellyfin client
Apps for typical streaming services like Disney+, which I won’t be able to get rid of yet (I have people in the house who love Disney).
Wi-Fi, ideally
remote control so that we can control it easily from the couch

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[-] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 days ago

However one thing you need to be aware of, is that most apps will throttle your resolution to 720p with a setup like that.

There is basically no way to get proper streaming from these apps except by buying a completely premade android device, and then never ever messing with it.

The DRM system they use for this is called Widevine.