Reddit users thevincentasteroid and MMD3_ posted about an auto-playing video ad (with sound) on the home screen. The ad is for Chicken Tender Wraps from Carl’s Jr. When it begins auto-playing, it pushes all the other UI elements out of focus and goes almost full-screen, returning to the home screen after it has played through once.
You can get an N100 NUC for about 100$ and it’s a full windows 11 or Linux PC that can do everything you listed and everything else a computer can do. No ads unless you allow them.
sigh nothing you listed about the NUC is even remotely close to the price point or offerings; no PC ever will be… Good luck, with that.
NUC for 100$ https://www.amazon.com/Bmax-B1-Pro-Fanless-Computer/dp/B0CJBST7XQ), if you wait for a sale you can often get an even better one. Kodi does basically everything you were asking for with a couple of plugins for free. Your phone works as a remote with a free app (kodi remote). You can “program it” by taking any keyboard in the house and setting it up, shouldn’t need it after.
If you somehow don’t have a keyboard or mouse and/or don’t have the tech literacy skills to install a program and a couple plugins and have no desire to learn then I can understand why you feel like Chrome cast is your only option, because it probably is. Nothing wrong with that I suppose, but stop acting like it’s the best option for the average person, let alone the average person on Lemmy.
You’re full of shit, a simple look on ebay has a bunch under 100…
And you’re an idiot…
First off, e-bay is where you go for used stuff… we’re talking brand new.
Second, even if you were able to find a brand new NUC on e-bay, you’re not gonna find a NUC or personal PC that will have the same or better performance and offerings without making tons of concessions. If you want to prove me wrong… I’ll wait all fucking day. There’s a reason the PC isn’t considered the same and there is an entire market for set-top-boxes: different experiences and interactions.
Hell, you can’t buy a NUC with a remote, so even if you find a used NUC $50 or less on e-bay, you need to factor in the price of some programmable remote, and actually set it up with some software and most likely additional hardware to support the remote. Second, good luck programming that NUC and remote without a keyboard and mouse… that costs extra money too and makes the experience more cumbersome; never-mind acknowledging the fact that the CCwGTV doesn’t require all that shit… so just stop being a douche because we haven’t even gotten to the actual meaningful differences (the real offerings).
If you want to sling insults, let me know, I’m pretty good at it.
I’ve been using nuc and pc’s for years for all my tv’s. I have a 10 dollar wireless keyboard that works great as a remote.
I think you might need some fresh air, you seem awfully upset over being called out for YOUR BULLSHIT. Have a nice day, prick.
Option 1: Locked down but ready to use shit box that shows you annoying ass ads against your control
Option 2: A full ass computer for slightly more that let’s you do anything you want, watch anything you want, full control over ads or anything else, but takes some extra steps to get going.
Sure man, if you want the ready to use shit box, have at it. I’ll stick with the clearly better option 2, personally.
No discount is worth accepting ads.