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It's time to dump Roku (www.engadget.com)
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[–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I would suggest using a PC with a Kodi or Jellyfin and the arr stack to automatically download all of your shows and movies.

Paid streaming services won't work because of DRM, so you need to host your own.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I have the hosted part taken care of but the other half of the issue is the media player side for people that are not technical at all. They basically need a device where they can open an app that just works and have a simple interface to navigate around and play media.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    If the media is stored locally or on a network share on your LAN, then Kodi will work well for that. When you first instal it, tell it where you keep your files and enable auto scan on startup. After that, you just open it and browse your TV show or movie library.

    If you want to stream the media away from home things get a bit more complicated.

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