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Re:Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads by KingJulian on Saturday April 06, 2024 @01:15AM (#39950161)
You could get a SFF PC like the other reply mentioned, and install something like Plasma Bigscreen[1] on it.

[1](https://plasma-bigscreen.org/)

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Re:Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads by happymellon on Saturday April 06, 2024 @01:41AM (#39950264)
But then you don't have any of the big streaming services, so it's not really an alternative to Roku.

You'll need to do a little more legwork to replace them.

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Re:Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads by KingJulian on Saturday April 06, 2024 @03:07AM (#39950594)
> You'll need to do a little more legwork to replace them.

That's true. You will need to install the applications by yourself. A bit of work but worth it, I think.

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Re:Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads by happymellon on Saturday April 06, 2024 @06:04AM (#39951328)
Are the desktop apps usable with a controller?

Last time I tried they didn't work well at all.

What I meant was getting a media server running.

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