Hi all I have a few TVs around the house and have previously used firestick and stremio setup. I do like stremio tbh but I am trying to decode/deamazon etc so I need an alternative option for the TVs. Not all are smart TVs and I like it that way so accept a small box attached is the cost.

I tend to basically use stremio and cinema HD at a push., and a VPN app. A few uk tv catchup apps. I don’t need recording or storage. I will likely move to some self hosting/serve in the next year.

I am trying to be conscious of my purchases and who I am buying, and also take steps to protect my privacy. I have a few to buy so budget needs to not be on the higher end.

Thanks in advance

  • anon5621@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Huh but I wonder does old shield support modern hardware codecs like av1,vp9,h.265,dts-hd ? Software rendering of these would be slow or sound not possible at all

    • BakedCatboy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 days ago

      It does support vp9 and h265, I believe DTS-HD as well but I think that’s only for if you use eARC (I only use optical so I have everything convert to AC3). AV1 is not supported afaik, but I have my server do the conversion in realtime with quicksync and serve up h264 or h265.