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The bigger problem with running on a PC is UI. No longer will it work well with a simple remote that only needs 10 buttons.
by Nectar0516 2y ago
The bigger problem with running on a PC is UI. No longer will it work well with a simple remote that only needs 10 buttons.
- qwerpy 2y agoIt's definitely less ergonomic but I successfully trained my extremely non-technical wife to use a VNC client on her phone to control the media center PC so she can watch streaming/youtube with an adblocking browser. If you go to the trouble of setting up a media server and Kodi/Plex on the TV, and install a barebones launcher that avoids all the ads on the official launcher, the remote still works well. I don't know whether to blame Sony or Google but every system update brought bigger and bigger ads to the point that I took an afternoon off to sideload an extremely plain ad-free launcher.
- dharmab 2y agoI had a media center PC that was usable with a remote control in 2008.
- barotalomey 2y agoChoke full of XVID cams, I bet