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I have one that I was using as a great home theater of to stream Netflix and other online services. I wish they would support it more because it was far more ve
by quantumhobbit 10y ago
I have one that I was using as a great home theater of to stream Netflix and other online services. I wish they would support it more because it was far more versital than the roku I use now and much simpler to use than a Linux or windows equivalent.
- swozey 10y agoAndroid net/media boxes are becoming very popular, to the point you can grab them off of Amazon for very cheap. I haven't jumped into that ecosystem yet so I'm not sure how great they are or what the best ones are. I've been thinking of buying a few of them to replace the Rokus around my house.
- voltagex_ 10y agoGoogle have really hamstrung the Android TV ones, but most of the media boxes you get off Amazon won't have that. I have the Xiaomi MiBox 3 and it's a pain to put other apps on it. Anything that isn't explicitly Android TV compatible won't be installable from the Play Store, and even if you sideload it, it doesn't show up in the menu. Amusingly, this is the most useful that "OK Google" has ever been (Xiaomi's remote+voice control is excellent) I will say it's worth reading up and buying based on chipset+firmware. You probably want Android 5+, something that runs Kodi well, Ethernet and HEVC decoding. I'd recommend the Mibox but Google and Xiaomi have really made a mess of it.