That's where the AppleTV really shines; 4K HDR capable but fanless and tiny, with good audio output too. Then you can just move the noisy load elsewhere. Which in my case is only for rare transcoding needs; all the streaming services run fine out of the box. Any iGPU can do the same its just all the other heat generation inside a desktop demands fans.

I wonder if you could jerry rig an HDMI output from a phone - a newish one would probably crank 4K just fine too, lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I would be looking to use it not just for watching stuff, but for running my home server (everything from Mediawiki to Nextcloud to Jellyfin). If it's replacing my desktop then it also needs to be able to play games like Stardew Valley or Minecraft, and support X box controllers.

Currently I have an old laptop running the server and running Kodi to play stuff from Jellyfin in a smart-TV like interface, and the desktop is separate. It would be nice to consolidate to one machine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ah yeah, you're a bit stuck with fans then :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I figured I'd have fans, but the laptop is a lot quieter than the desktop, that's the noise level I'd like. The laptop is old enough it doesn't have hardware transcoding, so that would be one reason I'd like an upgrade, now that this Kodi thing seems to be working well for us.