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Roku and TCL are being sued for allegedly bricking smart TVs with bad updates
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this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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Everyone wants to access Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, etc through their TV interface and I just don't get it. The best experience is when you hook up a PC to your TV... not some TV-centric Android OS or Roku's thing.
Install Kubuntu on some old PC with a GPU that can handle 4K @60Hz and you're good to go. KDE and Firefox let you crank up the zoom so everything's easy to read and it even has HDR support (though I prefer going without it... Old person eyes).
It's such a vastly superior experience. Not only do you get the usual stuff, you can use a real keyboard to type into that search bar. You can also access all those pirate streaming sites and do normal PC stuff like play games.
I'm sorry, but that's a terrible setup for 99% of the people. I don't want a big loud box near a tv. How would you even control it ? If all you are going to do is launch those apps, most people would be better off with apple tv. You can even install jellyfin there if you have your own home server and stream to it.
Loud?
You can get a minipc with no fan for a couple hundred bucks.
You control it with a wireless mouse and wireless keyboard.
Or with kde connect using your phone.
Or however you want to control it because it's linux and you can do whatever the fuck you want and use ubkock or pihole or whatever and never see another ad for the rest of your life.
I use a media center PC and never want to go back to anything else.
very easy to split screen / picture-in-picture
not reliant on: did this service release an app on whatever platform, and will it continue to support it
can use a real browser (read: ad-blockers)
mouse/keyboard - yes it's perfectly fine to use wireless mouse/keyboard in a livingroom on a couch
Also it works fine with something like this if one really wants the exact same sofa experience as with a dedicated TV box or a Smart TV.