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AppleTV complete replacement opinions (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/selfhosted

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Hi and hope all are well today. First, thanks in advance for any / all responses. Second, apologies if this isn’t the best place to ask this question.

I’m curious if anyone, has moved completely from using an AppleTV to something else. Current use case for the ATV is a few streaming apps (Crunchyroll / HiDive, Tubi, etc.) and Apple Arcade (a few casual games).

If you did completely switch, what did you decide on using? Did you go back to buying movies / using a DVD/Blu-Ray player, setup a mini PC and stream from websites / rip music and movies, use a gaming console instead, etc.?

Exploring options and entertaining thoughts for right now. Again, thanks and have a good day / evening.

Edit - 2024/01/01 - Just wanted to thank everyone for the lively discussion and resources (links, recommendations, etc.) related to my question.

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[–] godzillabacter 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

All remote based typing is awful, T9 included. I can't speak for everyone, but I can type with swipe gestures on a virtual keyboard via remote faster than I can input T9 text. I'm unaware of any stock remote for a device with a full keyboard. I would argue Apple has text entry perfected at least as well as any other major manufacturer. You have virtual keyboard entry, solid voice-to-text, and it can be configured to push a notification to your iOS device when you enter a search bar which will auto-open to the remote app and pull up the keyboard. Because of this feature passwords can also be autofilled from Keychain to make logins easier.

You may personally prefer T9, but I've never seen anyone in the last decade input anything into a TV via T9. And you're asking why it doesn't have voice input, when it does. You admit to having never used an Apple TV yourself. I hate the idea of app-only interfaces features, but this isn't a case like that. Maybe you should understand the features of a product before you call it "fucking stupid".

[+] wreckedcarzz -8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean I'd rather have a mini qwerty keyboard included for this purposes, but companies won't spend any money they don't have to, so I figure T9 is a happy medium. For when you just need to type a few characters to get to what you want.

I stand behind the idea that I need an app in place of an input method "fucking stupid", regardless though.

[–] dontwakethetrees 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Guess what? An ATV natively supports keyboards and game controllers over Bluetooth. So for someone who doesn’t have an iPhone (the remote app is baked into iOS unfortunately) and reeeeeally hates tv remote typing and voice inputs, a mini keyboard is a viable option.

You really didn’t do any research before making so many hot takes.

[–] wreckedcarzz 1 points 10 months ago

That's cool, really, and they should promote that feature.

But as I've stated elsewhere in this thread, no I didn't, and said as much - just looking at the product images, as any typical potential customer would. But you'd know that if you read the comments, so...