Alternatives to firestick?
Alternatives to firestick?
My TV is not a smart TV but has hdmi inputs. Are there any non American alternatives to the Amazon fire stick?
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A Raspberry Pi and Kodi.
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Raspberry pi kind of sucks ime. I had the 4 and it seemed underpowered. It's more worth it to buy a used minipc if you can spend some more money. Plus you then have fully functional pc to use on your TV that can do anything at all. I used to have mine auto boot kde plasma to a specific desktop with Kodi full screen. Then another desktop with a full screen browser, and another one for steam or whatever. Custom keyboard shortcuts on a rii mini handheld keyboard and a single button would toggle desktops/apps.
Also it's not really an option for people that don't know how do technical computer stuff.
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It really depends. For the purpose of "SmartTV" the Pi 4 with 4GB of RAM served it's purpose. If you wanna do more, then yes, it is underpowered. For usual Kodi functions that arent just TV/streaming, you may need something better.
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Now that I think back... Some of my issue had to do with streaming from nas.
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And being tech savy, spend time on it, and be ready to update when it's needed. Not necessary bad things, but it a completely different solution, not a "European firestick"
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Kodi is not a replacement for an amazon fire stick, but a replacement for streaming in combination with piracy
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You can install Prime Video and other apps on Kodi itself with the right repos.
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