You don’t have to let your TV do the streaming though, it just needs to play it. Lots of other devices can connect to streaming services, eg gaming consoles and DVD players. Me, I have a media PC that does all the fun stuff (and lets me stream my library while I’m away), but you could easily use an old laptop.
This is how I do it too. I bought a mini office PC and HDMI’d it to the TV. It’s nothing fancy, just an i5, a wifi card and IHD GPU. I threw Kodi onto it, cancelled every streaming service I was using, and then returned to the high seas to fill up the 10TB external HDD I connected. When a new episode of something drops, I just download it and then Kodi nicely organizes everything.
As I said to someone else, I’m well aware, and I have a linux PC connected to our main TV where I can pirate anything, but I refuse to invest any time or money into the cheap TV I bought for our gaming room. I’m not going to buy yet more HDMI cables and a wireless keyboard and such just because the TV won’t function as advertised.
I have however switched to using our PS4 as the main streaming device, which updates much less frequently and usually works. I just like to point out how stupid smart things are.
Sorry, but I’m getting a lot of insufferable techbeards lecturing me in a joke forum, and I’m about to nuke the whole post. I just thought some people might find it funny and be able to relate, but there are a lot of people who want to defend big greedy companies for some reason.
You know, you don’t have to engage with everyone who comments on your post. Sounds like you’re taking on a little bit too much. Sorry for my part in that, but I hope you find a way to ease any stress you’re under.
Just don’t give your TV the wifi password.
Unfortunately streaming has become the norm, and cable’s no longer affordable
I’d rather go outside if that’s how it’s gonna be
You don’t have to let your TV do the streaming though, it just needs to play it. Lots of other devices can connect to streaming services, eg gaming consoles and DVD players. Me, I have a media PC that does all the fun stuff (and lets me stream my library while I’m away), but you could easily use an old laptop.
This is how I do it too. I bought a mini office PC and HDMI’d it to the TV. It’s nothing fancy, just an i5, a wifi card and IHD GPU. I threw Kodi onto it, cancelled every streaming service I was using, and then returned to the high seas to fill up the 10TB external HDD I connected. When a new episode of something drops, I just download it and then Kodi nicely organizes everything.
I’m a Jellyfin guy, but same.
There is a Jellyfin addon for Kodi, just saying.
As I said to someone else, I’m well aware, and I have a linux PC connected to our main TV where I can pirate anything, but I refuse to invest any time or money into the cheap TV I bought for our gaming room. I’m not going to buy yet more HDMI cables and a wireless keyboard and such just because the TV won’t function as advertised.
I have however switched to using our PS4 as the main streaming device, which updates much less frequently and usually works. I just like to point out how stupid smart things are.
Absolutely, I didn’t mean to imply you were wrong for calling them out.
Sorry, but I’m getting a lot of insufferable techbeards lecturing me in a joke forum, and I’m about to nuke the whole post. I just thought some people might find it funny and be able to relate, but there are a lot of people who want to defend big greedy companies for some reason.
You know, you don’t have to engage with everyone who comments on your post. Sounds like you’re taking on a little bit too much. Sorry for my part in that, but I hope you find a way to ease any stress you’re under.