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From: Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Google TV vs Roku
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:30:47 -0400
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candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
wrote:
>Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote at 10:30 this Friday (GMT):
>
>> Awhile back I got a 50" 4K TCL with Google TV on sale for about $250. The
>> picture is surprisingly good. The sound is tinny but I already had a sound
>> bar; it pairs with Bluetooth. The TV pairs with headphones as well, but the
>> next morning when I turn on the sound bar, the volume's at max! I learned to
>> mute, then turn down the sound while the video stream reloaded.
>>
>> Google TV is based on ChromeOS, which is built using a Linux kernel.
>>
>> Google TV tries to do too much. The underpowered computer in this TV takes
>> forever when "Loading information". The information comes from YouTube TV
>> and bunch of other apps. Way too much navigation needed. And recently
>> YouTube TV started up with an earlier show loaded. More navigation. My use
>> case is more like watching TV than looking for stuff to stream. I don't need
>> a continuation of the morning news in the afternoon.
>>
>> Google TV has an "Apps only" mode which reduces the navigation, but does
>> nothing for the speed of loading.
>>
>> The ponderousness of it all made me want to use one of the small Roku
>> devices. (In fact when Google TV would prompt for feedback I'd write "Roku
>> interface!") One with a little more beef to it.
>>
>> Looking at pricing, I stumbled across the Roku Streambar. It's a small
>> soundbar with Roku built in, and it can take 4K content from other Bluetooth
>> devices and stream it to the TV. There's also a Pro version, but I bought
>> the regular one at a slight discount. It's connected via HDMI-ARC and can
>> control some TV functions. I set up the TV to use "the last used input".
>>
>> The picture is brighter and more saturated, so I had to tone that down via
>> the TV settings. The sound is decent. It can be improved with the purchase
>> of a subwoofer and 2 or 4 more satellite speakers.
>>
>> Both Google TV and the Roku provide voice-control, but the latter is faster,
>> partly due to the hardware, one would think.
>>
>> So far, so good for RokuOS. Another win for the Linux kernel!
>
>I don't like either.


I have a Fire TV stick, it's fine for what it is, but there is a major
advantage to dragging a browser window to my TV as a second monitor,
which is that the computer controls the sound - it *can* pipe the
sound to the TV's speakers, but it can also use its internal audio to
feed my headphones, which are high definition sound.  Makes watching a
movie more like a theater-grade experience, not just visually, but
audibly.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.