you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 22 points 3 months ago (5 children)

How do streaming services like Disney, prime, Netflix, and hbo run on these? Is it possible?

I need something dead simple for my wife.

  • source
  • hideshow 10 child comments
  • [–] 28 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Probably the same as on a Linux desktop now, the browser sites work fine but you won't get 4k or HDR.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Worth it in my books. Might be my eyes going bad, but I can't notice much difference beyond 720p

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 8 child comments
  • [–] 34 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    With respect, if you cannot notice a difference between 720p and 4k on a 4k compatible screen, then you do indeed have something wrong with your eyes.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I sold TVs when 1080p was coming out and there were so many “your eyes can only see the difference between 720p and 1080p if the screen is X big or you’re X close to it” and it was baffling. How could people have such bad eyes? Then I hit 30, 40, and… fuckin HUGE DIFFERENCE STILL. A 16” screen 10m from me? 1080p is going to look FAR better than 720p, much less 4k.

    No shade to folks with poor eyesight, but tons of shade to anyone saying there not a difference when they can see it, to justify their purchasing choices (like huge amount of people arguing for 30FPS during the XBone/PS4 gen)

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    My 60" TV is so far away from the couch that my Steam Deck's screen in my hands is the same perceived size. Depending on what you're watching, the difference between 1080P and 4k isn't that noticeable at that distance. What really makes a difference is HDR. Also note that lower-res content is often way more compressed, which makes it much more noticeable.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    You bring up another great point: higher rez with shitty compression or artifacting looks wayyy shittier than lower rez with good compression!

    Quick edit: unfortunately for most any steaming service, you get shitty compression AND low rez through a browser D:

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I mean... is the situation much better through an app? I haven't noticed a difference, but I have very little experience comparing the two

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [+] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I was really confused for a moment over why monitors would use nitrate and how it could affect the experience. Then I realized you meant bitrate lol

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Resolution isn't actually important. Dots per inch is, but also it needs to be scaled by distance. Low DPI isn't noticeable if you're far away, but even high DPI is when you're close to it. It might be less that your eyes are going bad and more that you're sitting further away from your screen or your screen is really small.

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Unsubscribe to all off them and sail the high seas

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I should also add that I live in a third would country so all the streaming services are dirt cheap here.

    I think YouTube premium is like $3 a month or something like that.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    If I pay for YouTube premium, Netflix, disney, amazon prime, HBO max, spotify. I have to spend around 70 euros a month. (4k content or family pack)

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    For all that, we are $30-$40 a month.

    My wife pays for most of them. I think I only pay the Disney and Spotify.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I just made a server, download 4k content on a pirate site. Spend around 5€ for my mullvad VPN. And we don't even need to go to the cinema anymore. Which is like 15€ per ticket at least. We do it sometimes for a date to get out of the house. But it just gets expensive very fast once you get candy and drinks.

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    You could always install Waydroid TV and get the apps from Aurora Store or Google Play for full resolution

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Oh, that’s a great idea. It never occurred to me.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Here's a repo to get you started, though you'll need to either do some workaround in SteamOS to get it to stick since it is immutable (Steam Deck/Machine community has a couple ways of doing it), or use a regular game optimized distro like CachyOS: https://github.com/WayDroid-ATV/waydroid-androidtv-builds

    Make Android TV shortcuts for apps that don't normally work on Android, but have gamepad support: https://atvlauncher.trekgonewild.de/

    You could also just do regular Waydroid, but some apps won't give you the TV optimized version with gamepad/remote support, then you need to use something like this or Mantis: https://github.com/keymapperorg/KeyMapper

  • source
  • parent