I’ve been looking for a box to replace my Chromecast for a while now but was hesitant for precisely this reason. At some point I even looked at the MECOOL boxes. Good my paranoia prevailed. Still looking for an TV box though. Any suggestions?
This might sound silly, but I ended up just hooking up my PC to the TV via HDMI. I just have a wireless mouse and keyboard and it can do all the things
I’ve been looking for a box to replace my Chromecast for a while now but was hesitant for precisely this reason. At some point I even looked at the MECOOL boxes. Good my paranoia prevailed. Still looking for an TV box though. Any suggestions?
Apple TV has been the easiest for us, though the new version being loaded with ai means who the hell knows for them…
A mini pc and something like kodi or a lot of saved web page bookmarks would probably work fine.
The Apple TV is an excellent streaming box. It’s truly the first device that I have used that I don’t hate the interface on.
We’ve had it for a few years now and compared to anything else I’ve used it’s smooth fast and the yo is unobtrusive
I would go mini PC with Jellyfin but a friend of mine bought a Formuler Z12 Ultra & flashed CoreElec with Kodi & seems pleased with it
This might sound silly, but I ended up just hooking up my PC to the TV via HDMI. I just have a wireless mouse and keyboard and it can do all the things
If I was living by myself I’d probably go this route, but as it stands an android box with a remote is just easier for everyone else.
I have similar setup, only instead of using my PC I connected rpi5 which is basically minipc solution mentioned elsewhere
Odroid-c4 with lineageos on it.
The Onn boxes from Walmart are fantastic and cheap.
Sadly these are not available in Europe as far as I can tell.
They are or were. They were sold under a different name and by a different retailer.
https://www.aftvnews.com/onn-4k-pro-with-google-tv-will-be-sold-in-europe-under-a-different-brand-and-name/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thomson-Streaming-Resolution-Hands-Free-Control-Black/dp/B0DJT7JRWT