My current tv is so old that the netlfix app isn’t supported anymore. From an usb stick it can only play h.264 videos so I always have to run them through hand brake first. That is why I want to buy an streaming box. Preferably under 50€

Alternatively if someone knows about a blu ray player under 100€ which can do all of the above plus play blu ray dvds please recommend me one :)

  • flubba86@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    9 months ago

    I feel like the average consumer uses their Android TV boxes the way that they come.

    The average consumer doesn’t buy android TV boxes from AliExpress. They use a Google Chromecast or a NVidia shield, or Amazon Fire TV.

    The people who buy these devices from China are those deliberately looking for specific hardware to use for a specific application.

    • CorrodedEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      I would say they are buying them from Amazon, not Ali Express. From what I’ve seen they’ve become less common as smart TVs have become more popular but people still buy them instead of Chromecasts, Fire TVs, and Nvidia Shields. It might have to do with them falling for the marketing claims of a 6K resolution and being great for gaming but a majority of the time it seems like they just need a burner device to add some kind of additional feature to their TV.

      They’ll plug in an external hard drive and watch movies, use them for emulation, or use it for Netflix because they have an older “dumb” TV.

      I don’t typically see people going through the effort of installing another OS. Maybe we are just in different circles.