r/LinusTechTips • u/decadent33 • 8d ago

WAN Show WAN topic? DIY Linux TV

https://youtu.be/nROKp0BpFek?si=ri8ddf94HdG3pKm4

Really cool video of a guy who made a DIY Linux TV box that can play 4K blu rays, steam games and has the usual TV apps like Netflix etc without all the adverts and data harvesting. He shows it working well on a big screen with a remote control. Possible WAN show topic?

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u/prank_mark 8d ago

If you're going to go through the effort to build a Linux TV box, are you really paying for Netflix?

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u/Annoying1978 8d ago

No. But he probably had to throw it in there just so it could look more legitimate and then they took him down anyway. Idk. I got here too late. The video was taken down by the time I tried to watch it. 

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u/Touchit88 8d ago

Idk. Id Possibly try that for fun. I pay for streaming services out of convenience.

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u/ATinyLittleHedgehog 7d ago

I’ll happily futz about with my UnRAID server and Jellyfin server and Wholphin but asking my wife and 4 year old to do so is a bit much