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[-] Psiczar@aussie.zone 22 points 8 months ago

Been there done that. I prefer the Nvidia Shield, easier interface to navigate with a remote, I don’t have to login first, it rarely needs an update, no noisy fans, I don’t need to keep a physical keyboard connected to it, it’s way cheaper, I don’t need to mess around with codecs, and there aren’t a lot of unnecessary services and background applications hogging memory and cpu resources.

I get that most of this can be fixed or worked around on a htpc, but that’s effort I don’t have to spend on a Shield.

[-] GeekySalsa@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

It also smoothly supports all dolby/dts stuff with no fuss. To my knowledge, there's no way to get dolby vision working on an HTPC.

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

I have never heard of anyone talk about nvidia shield since 2013 until I joined lemmy. This is the weirdest marketing psyop I have ever seen.

[-] lambda@programming.dev 12 points 8 months ago

Then you weren't in the r/self-hosting or r/piracy communities. It comes from the fact that it supports most codecs. So when you want to watch almost any movie on Plex, the server won't have to transcode.

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

I was and I guess the psyop was dealt with there.

[-] lambda@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago

Idk why you insist on it being a psyop, but you do you. I tried to find an android device that had hardware support for H.264, H.265, and others and it's not much there. I believe Firetv 4K does but then you are getting a more locked down android with a bunch more ads.

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

You are a psyop

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I also use a Nvidia shield, very happy with it... Mostly. Clean, few ads, although they did add some banner ads for major streaming providers. But I don't mind seeing a banner for a few new shows

Not psyops

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

This is a psyop because it makes my brain tingle.

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