Thanks for the info.

I see Amazon MX showing the Shield for MXN $4,300, which is maybe 2~3x what she’s hoping to spend. And the Shield TV for $3,200. Still pretty pricey.

Ah, I misunderstood. Thanks.

• Re reset: does every power disconnection (blackout; unplugging) count as a reset, with an ONN requiring VPN to re-setup?
• Could a free VPN be used for ONN setup?

Ok, understood. And thanks for that link.

I ask because it would eventually involve things like handing over Prime login details to the Prime app on that OS. Have there been any security issues with these KonstaKang OSes? (Or am I being paranoid?)

I think she just finds operating the Roku so much easier. No remote for the laptop ATM, but even with, there’s the issue of how to operate/navigate.

If something like Kodi, the couple of times I’ve experimented with it, I’ve rage-quit it within the first few minutes 😂 as (what I thought were) simple actions proved incredibly frustrating. (IIRC my last Kodi experiment 2-3 years ago: just reflexively using the up & down arrows to adjust the video volume brought up some OSD that I could not for the life of me get rid of.)

Has Kodi’s user-friendliness improved? Or is there a better alternative? (Laptop currently has Linux Mint 22.3 Xfce.)

Thanks for the info.

Can Google TV devices be flashed with something like LineageOS Android TV to remove the spyware nature (IIRC) of Google TV? And could those apps like Projectivity Launcher etc still work on that?

@moshbit@lemmy.dbzer0.com & @zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Thanks for the info.

• VPN would be an additional ongoing cost to consider.
• Looking into Stremio & Projectivity Launcher now, hopefully they can be used on non-geolocked devices available here in MX.

Thanks for the info, I’ll look into Raspbi with Lineage Android TV.

Who or what is KonstaKang? Exploring the site & a quick web search have proven fruitless.