• quaff@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    1 day ago

    Does anyone have a suggestion for something that can be used with a remote? AndroidTV boxes don’t seem to be a consistent thing anymore beyond NVIDIA shields…

    • TrumpetX@programming.devEnglish
      3·
      15 hours ago

      The Google TV boxes (onn) from Walmart are a solid option. $49 for the Pro is an excellent price for the hardware.

    • AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 day ago

      I use a Pi running LibreElec and it can be controlled by my LG TV down the HDMI cable. It’s the CEC protocol. Look into that.

    • Semperverus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      23 hours ago

      An Airmouse is a gamechanger.

      Its a TV-remote-style device that works like a Wii remote to control the mouse, usually has a keyboard on the backside, and connects to a USB 2.4ghz or Bluetooth receiver depending on the model you get.

      I got a $20 Rii and a $10 other brand one to try out. Both are fine. I like the buttons on the Rii better but it has no backlight which sucks because I’m usually watching TV in bed at 9pm. The $10 one’s keyboard also responds faster so I can actually speed type.

    • SoulKaribou@lemmy.ml
      4·
      1 day ago

      I’ve tried Kodi on librelec, the old Xbox launcher. It has an app called kodi remote: your phone is the remote.

      Currently I’m using an old 2013 laptop with Debian and xfce. I’ve installed KDE connect on it, and it also has an app KDE connect that turns your phone into the remote.

      The main advantage of the remote on your phone is you can type text, copy/paste URLs, passwords and whatnot

      • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
        5·
        22 hours ago

        Random fun fact: back in college, my girlfriend’s best friend (and my best friend’s girlfriend) was named Elisa. This being the early 2000s, I used an old school flip phone that had T9 for text entry. But “Elisa” wasn’t in the T9 dictionary, so I would hit 3-5-4-7 and it would prompt “Elis”—presumably expecting an “e” after—but once I hit that last 2, it would change to “flirc.”

        It’s interesting that that’s actually become a thing now.

      • quaff@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        21 hours ago

        I bought one of these a while back but could never get it working. Skill issue probably 😅 I’ll try it out again!