moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square309fedilinkarrow-up1908arrow-down113
arrow-up1895arrow-down1external-linkYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.commoe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square309fedilink
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoThat’s great for you, but people like you vastly underestimate how much hassle people are willing to go through as far as setting up tech goes.
minus-squarecrypticthree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoI connected my PC to the TV via HDMI. i use Firefox with ublock.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoSee, that’s more realistic. I’d need a dedicated computer, because my PC doesn’t live in the lounge, but I’m seriously considering doing it. My Chromecast has been pissing me off lately.
minus-squarecrypticthree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoYou can buy small PCs for cheap now. A lot of them don’t even need active cooling
minus-squareHacksaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoLook at some n95 NUCs on Amazon, or any mini pc really. Often less than 200$ for a full windows PC that can stream anything you throw at it.
minus-squareReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoYou can get decently capable machines for under $100 if you go used
minus-squareBaldDude@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThis is the only way for me. No Amazon or Google or Nvidia stuff. Just an old PC, a cheap wireless keyboard with a touchpad and you are good to go.
That’s great for you, but people like you vastly underestimate how much hassle people are willing to go through as far as setting up tech goes.
I connected my PC to the TV via HDMI. i use Firefox with ublock.
See, that’s more realistic.
I’d need a dedicated computer, because my PC doesn’t live in the lounge, but I’m seriously considering doing it. My Chromecast has been pissing me off lately.
You can buy small PCs for cheap now. A lot of them don’t even need active cooling
Look at some n95 NUCs on Amazon, or any mini pc really. Often less than 200$ for a full windows PC that can stream anything you throw at it.
You can get decently capable machines for under $100 if you go used
This is the only way for me.
No Amazon or Google or Nvidia stuff. Just an old PC, a cheap wireless keyboard with a touchpad and you are good to go.
Overestimate