- I would be using it to watch jellyfin mostly, but also youtube (I’ve seen that smartube looks good) and netflix.
- Security and privacy are priorities.
- My budget is up to 50 dollars.
I’ve seen this one onn Android TV amazon link, is it any good?
I’m new to the android tv box world so any help is appreciated.
I have an Nvidia Shield TV. With 150$ its outside of your price range, sadly.
But: I’ve been running this thing for 7 years now and its still trucking. Compared to other smaller streaming sticks that have become unusable because of bloat firmware updates over time.
You can install custom firmware on it, but my understanding is that when you want streaming apps like Netflix or Disney to give you more than 720p output, you need the official OS.
If you want to Dodge the ads on the launcher, there are alternative launchers that can simply be sideloaded.
I don’t use Jellyfin but I have all my movies on an SMB share that I’m accessing via Kodi. The hardware is strong enough to decode any format you throw at it.
The Onn is considered the best in class at the moment.
I am using a Chromecast Ultra, but that only works if you’re ok with using google hardware and software.
I set it up so that smarttube is my default youtube player. I use the stock Netflix app and no jellyfin.
I would like to use PeerTube on it but there is no client where you can log in to your account.
How do you force Smarttube as default? I uninstalled the default YouTube app, but if the device suggests a YouTube video and I click on it, it tries to install YouTube instead of opening it in Smarttube.
If you don’t want to write out a lot of instructions but have a link to someone else’s instructions, please feel free to do that…
SmartTube -> Settings -> About -> Enable global search (firmware support needed)
If you click that it will download a app which will function like a gate (it places it in instead of the original YouTube app which it deletes) and sending everything which normally goes to the original YouTube app to SmartTube instead. So global search works, the promotional stuff on the homepage also gets opened in SmartTube and so on.
Thankyou Jeena, you absolute God/ess!
thx, works wonders on my CCwGTV
Man, I wish I could chromecast netflix from my phone but apparently Netflix now requires you to use their app.
I should get smarttube though.
Chromecast is my go to. Then I strip all google services remove stock launcher and add the Jellyfin apk, Kodi, And Newpipe
Make Kodi default launcher and use Kodi live TV with a IPTV M3u. However I hate the Kodi Jellyfin add on
Also usually sync my Newpipe backup from my phone once a month so tv and phone somewhat match for YouTube
Huh. Didn’t know you could do that to a Chromecast! Do you do it using adb?
Yes you use adb
CC with android tv. not a regular CC or a CCU
Right has to be Chromecast with Android TV
Do they even sell the other ones anymore?
im sure some are still being sold, make sure it says w/ android TV.
I’ll have to check the box but I’m pretty sure that’s what I bought. The fact that this is even an option is pretty exciting. Would I be able to include Adguard if you can push apks to it? (Would it even be worth it?)
The onn box is decent, but the ‘Chromecast with Google TV’ is a bit better performance.
Chromecast 4k is my choice
OP said that privacy is a priority, so I guess that Chromecast is out of discussion
It just runs Android TV, which is what OP is looking for.
Get a firestick. After trying literally 5 different unbranded TV boxes I gave up. Those are all shit.
Get a Shield, but out of budget, or get a fire stick. They just work, are powerful enough and support enough codecs.
They are amazon so hey, ads and shit included, but way the best hardware for the price (yes they will hard code DNS and ignore your pihole)
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