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theo2112 t1_jbbh9op wrote

Reply to comment by pseudocultist in All the streaming boxes suck now - There are no good streaming boxes, and I blame everybody. by speckz

Are they pricey? A new appletv costs $150. Let’s assume you don’t even have an iPhone, so some of the “apple” features like airplay, HomeKit, etc don’t even matter. Is that really expensive for a box that will give you AT LEAST 3 years of use every single day?

It will always have the latest apps and updates (small exception being google video apps, but those features come) because of the huge install base and higher end hardware. The interface is better than every other competitor and has zero in your face ads (the closest thing is the top bar if you select TV as a top bar app, but that’s almost a feature) it doesn’t suck up your habits and data and is kept updated overtime.

It’s expensive in comparison to the other junk in the space, but that’s just because those are subsidized by the ads and tracking. And they’re rarely updated, and the experience sucks, and, and, and.

DVD players were always more than $150 until the very end. Nobody said they were expensive and they only could do one thing.

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Disastrous-Spell-135 t1_jbbejgy wrote

Reply to comment by muscletrain in All the streaming boxes suck now - There are no good streaming boxes, and I blame everybody. by speckz

Yes, i pay for some subscriptions. I am not watching some janky fucked up browser stream in my home theater, thank you.

And for my digitised bluray collection i have a plex server. What, you think the apple tv cannot play a simple plex stream? The best plex player out there is only available on iOS, Infuse.

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AkirIkasu t1_jbavdxy wrote

Reply to comment by heybart in All the streaming boxes suck now - There are no good streaming boxes, and I blame everybody. by speckz

Weirdly the biggest problem with a PC media center is that you will need to power it with an outdated Intel chip, use Intel's integrated GPU, run windows and a proprietary player if you want to watch 4K Blu-Ray discs on it, because they use a draconian DRM scheme which was Intel-exclusive until Intel decided they weren't going to build it into any of their chips anymore.

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muscletrain t1_jban6uv wrote

Reply to comment by Disastrous-Spell-135 in All the streaming boxes suck now - There are no good streaming boxes, and I blame everybody. by speckz

And then what pay for all your subscriptions ? I just open a browser and stream whatever I want..there is no cables showing the apple tv box is probably 3 times as big and much more restricted. People also have stuff like PLEX servers setup they're not having a tower sitting on the floor with an HDMI cable running to it....

Or download any other streaming app like Moonlight to your smart TV.

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