> It drops into desktop, you have to drag out the keyboard / mouse ...
For the years I had a living room PC hooked up to the main TV, I used a small gamepad-sized wireless keyboard and touchpad similar to this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Z81U3YY
The one I had worked pretty well, but it wasn't this model.
Streaming boxes like the nvidia shield or similar have their own issues, along with dropping to desktop and so on.
While a dedicated TV console has none of those issues.