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[–] EncryptKeeper 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The Nvidia shield ships with the exact same OS as many of these smart TVs

[–] Evotech 6 points 1 day ago

It's still better. It uses stock android base. So normal play store.

[–] synapse1278 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fair enough, but this setup won't display an ad on top of my game console feed, like shown above. No guarantee a brand new Android TV won't start doing this after, could even start doing this after a firmware update.

[–] FabledAepitaph 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When I bought my Sony TV from Costco, it let me skip all of the agreements and sign-ups and accounts the day that I bought it. Fast forward a few months later after the return window was over, I turned it on one day and I had to agree to all the different things and it started asking me for an account, if I recall.

I will never buy another smart TV ever in my life.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its pretty hard to avoid at this point if you want anything larger than a big computer monitor or a refresh rate above 60hz.

[–] FabledAepitaph 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'll probably go with a projector setup next time. Will probably be my luck that they'll only be selling smart projectors at that point haha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Projector you're looking at 3 grand for a decent one