I'm planning to buy Smart TVs for my house and I wanted to know which TV OS has better support for homelab media apps.
Self-Hosted apps:
- Jellyfin
- Immich
- Nextcloud Memories
- Funkwhale or Navidrome or Mopidy
- AudioBookShelf
Non-selfhosted apps I use:
- Steam Link
- All Streaming apps (Netflix, Disney+, etc.)
- YouTube, YT Kids
- YouTube Music
- Spotify
- Audible
7 Comments
cmbabul@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Straight up don’t fucking do it, smart tvs are all trash that’s spies on you. Get an equally sized industrial monitor for about the same price and throw a Roku on it
If you are determined go Samsung, Tizen sucks but WebOs is the worst OS I’ve ever experienced
trilobite@lemdro.id · 2 pts · 2y
Presumably Roku spies on you too? Better to installato one of those linux based OSes that you can even install on a Pi
cmbabul@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
For sure, but if someone is considering a smartTV I’m presuming they are looking for simplicity. And while Roku does probably spy at least their shit works, I want to break my LG WebOS tv on a daily basis, I’ll never buy another smartTV
Edit: also unless something has changed you can’t flash anything onto Samsung or LG tvs if that’s what you meant. If I’m wrong tell me and I’ll have a project to complete today
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
I believe trilobite@lemdro.id meant a mini-pc to flash a type of AndroidTV like Linux OS on it.
Like a Raspi 0 with IR remote and a tv OS.
trilobite@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 2y
That is what i meant
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y
I personally use Kodi though OSMC. I especially like the ability to control it from my phone.
I've never used any streaming services on it so I don't know how that works. I mostly just watch live TV with my hdhomerun
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 2y
Google Chromecast AndroidTV (what I use for Jellyfin) or FireTV stick (not sure about support).