This house runs on Walmart One boxes
I just got one of those a few days ago because the samsung tv app really sucks. Very impressive for $20.
Nvidia shield is usually regarded as the gold standard for Android TV devices.
The Shield is also one of the only Android TV devices that passes on HD audio codecs, so if you stream any Blu-ray rips with DTS-HD Master Audio or Dolby TrueHD and you want passthrough to work correctly, you probably want a Shield.
DTS-HD Master Audio or Dolby TrueHD and you want passthrough
Can you elaborate on this please - what’s passthrough and dts?
I have a shield - can I use it as a server, or is it just a client?
A TV box from AliExpress.
Don’t do this as it will come with malware preinstalled.
Using the Chromecast 4K with AndroidTV
Also I’ll drop this: https://youtu.be/sdLnieL90d0
You can install Android TV on a Raspberry Pi 3, 4 and 5: https://konstakang.com/
Maybe you happen to have one and can try it out.
Does it also include 3b+?
Worth mentioning: Android TV is proprietary and developed by Google. As far as privacy goes it is as bad as any wish.com-android-solution.
To my knowledge Android TV isn’t any more proprietary than standard Android. The only really proprietary code are the Google Play Services (and Widevine).
You will find the source code of Android, you won’t find the source code of Android TV.
Just like all the Android-based operating systems on smartphones: if you take a free product and add suckyness, the end product sucks.
If there’s no source code for ATV, how can there be (unofficial) LineageOS builds of ATV? Genuine question
Do you mean this konstaKang-Image? LineageOS for the RaspberryPi, I tried that and it works quite ok. A bit sluggish maybe. LineageOS is an open source project build around the pure open source Android. And the konstaKang-Image is also an open source project, although with a weird license. But they have nothing to do with Android TV, as far as I know.
The linked build is based on LineageOS, not stock Android. Should be fully FOSS.
What’s your budget? The Walmart ones might be all you need. Do you really need it to be Android TV? I have both Roku and Google TV clients. I like the Roku one, but not a fan of the closed ecosystem (can’t side load or adb).
You shouldn’t need anything crazy to play your media, but if you go with Google/Android please replace the default launcher. You will very happy then lol.
I am looking for something that’s relatively cheap and minimal <50€
The Walmart “onn.” has been perfect in my household. Dirt cheap at $20, degooglable, good remote (you can use an app to rebind the streaming service buttons to apps you actually use). Supports the Google cast protocol and also SmartTubeNext. No ads of any kind on the home screen, because I’m using a custom FOSS launcher.
Doesn’t Google make a 1080p Chromecast?
You can sideload Roku devices. Hit a button combo on the remote and it enables developer mode and a web page you can upload the package to. It’s been a long while since I’ve messed with it so I don’t remember many specifics
I like the Google TV Chromecast.
Me too. Especially because it supports h.265 10 bit and AV1. With jellyfin you can watch 4K HDR content without transcoding. To be honest, I was a bit impressed.
As far as I’m aware, the Chromecast 4K does not support AV1. The newer Chromecast TV does but does not support 4K. So atm you have to pick between 4K or AV1.
