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19 votes
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Thinking about calibre
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Questions about Apple TV 4K (2021)
Hello everyone. Sorry if this is a long post. I currently have a dumb TV 1080p at home and, during my searches on Reddit and so on, I've chosen between the Nvidia Shield Pro and the new Apple TV...
Hello everyone.
Sorry if this is a long post.
I currently have a dumb TV 1080p at home and, during my searches on Reddit and so on, I've chosen between the Nvidia Shield Pro and the new Apple TV 4K, at the end, I've concluded to get the Apple TV because of the regular software updates. With the Shield, people are already complaining, and they aren't having updates for a while (but please, you can try to convince me otherwise).
My main objectives for the box are:
- Watching YouTube / HBO;
- Watching / Listening my local content (films, music, etc.);
- PC gaming streaming from desktop to the TV.
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About game streaming directly from my desktop, how good does it work? I saw people saying the Shield is better for gaming but, if I use AMD Link or Steam Link, I would think it does not matter if it is the Apple TV or Shield, or? Maybe the Shield has better support for GeForce Now, but I do not use the service.
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How easy is to watch / listen to my content that is currently on my laptop / desktop? I saw people simply saying to use Infuse or Plex and stream it to the Apple TV. Is there a better way?
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Are there things that I should be "careful" with the Apple TV? I remember the time that my wife bought our iPad, and it was hard to just find how to upload a TV series and run it with subtitles. (facepalm) There is no complexity like this on Android, honestly, no software to install on my pc, etc.
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I saw a lot of people complaining about the support of codecs on the Apple TV comparing to the Shield. Stuff like, no TrueHD audio, no DTS:X, no lossless audio pass-through, transcoding, etc. So many topics that got me confused, since I'm not an expert in this field. If my goal for the future is to buy an amazing 4K "smart" TV and soundbar that both have Dolby Vision and Atmos, and most of my content are local downloaded films or streaming from HBO or Netflix, how important are all of these missing "features" from the Apple TV? People also said to just use Plex or Infuse, and they will have the "audio features" that the Apple TV is natively missing. So, honestly, I didn't understand all the discussion regarding this and why was the Shield better if other apps can support the codecs and missing features.
I think that is all, thank you in advance for all the replies đ
8 votes -
Kartrak: The first barcode
3 votes -
Crime prediction software promised to be free of biases. New data shows it perpetuates them.
15 votes -
You are the product
4 votes -
Red Hat's CentOS Stream 9 Linux arrive
2 votes -
Apple broke up with me
8 votes -
Webcams
There was a very brief period of time in the late 90s early 00s when the word âwebcamâ had just started existing and entering the popular discourse; and where that word was practically synonymous...
There was a very brief period of time in the late 90s early 00s when the word âwebcamâ had just started existing and entering the popular discourse; and where that word was practically synonymous with âsex showâ.
I think around the time I first heard that word, having a webcam usually meant you would use it to do nude shows with.
They werenât integrated with computers back then (laptops were super expensive and not popular yet, and they werenât a mainstream laptop accessory until way later). So if you had a webcam, you had to really seek it out and pay quite a bit of money for it. It made little sense for people to buy them just to use them for personal reasons and most jobs didnât have a utility for them.
⌠except sex work. Live, paid access cam shows immediately caught on. And people would see those in ads (ads tended to be trashy with zero quality control back then, even automated. Worse than now, I swear), and associate âwebcamâ with âwebcam showâ.
There was no reason to otherwise hook up a camera to a computer if not to stream its contents to the web, anyway. The first webcam, that famous coffee pot, was just that: a web-connected camera. Web cam. Wikipedia talks about âJenni camâ â I wasnât on the anglosphereâs internet at the time so this escaped me, but it does seem to agree that the concept entered the mainstream not via videoconferencing, but via cam girls.
5 votes -
How do I change my email address without changing the underlying provider?
I tried to do a quick search and can't find an example of exactly what I want to do. I want to keep my email provider but change how it "looks" or said in another way, change the address itself....
I tried to do a quick search and can't find an example of exactly what I want to do. I want to keep my email provider but change how it "looks" or said in another way, change the address itself. The reason for that is that I ditched Google to a lesser known email provider but I hate having to spell out my address to everyone because they don't know about said provider.
My idea would be to create something like myname@personal.com. Is there a name for what I want to do? Is it possible?
Thanks.
6 votes -
Hackers are spamming businessesâ receipt printers with âantiworkâ manifestos
13 votes -
YouTube will no longer publicly display the dislike count on videos
32 votes -
Former Ubiquiti employee charged for data theft and attemtping to extort his employer
8 votes -
Vizioâs profit on ads, subscriptions, and data is double the money it makes selling TVs
22 votes -
This drone has legs: Watch a flying robot perch on branches, catch a tennis ball in midair
8 votes -
Rise of the (fast food) robots: How labor shortages are accelerating automation
10 votes -
Jack Dorsey resigns as Twitter CEO
@jackâĄď¸: not sure anyone has heard but,I resigned from Twitter pic.twitter.com/G5tUkSSxkl
20 votes -
The McDonaldâs ice cream machine hacking saga has a new twist
22 votes -
EU companies issues formal complaint against Microsoft OneDrive Windows integration
10 votes -
AWS embraces Fedora Linux for its cloud-based Amazon Linux
5 votes -
Locked out of âgod mode,â runners are hacking their treadmills
18 votes -
Microsoft Edgeâs new âbuy now, pay laterâ feature is the definition of bloatware
18 votes -
How to make a CPU: A simple picture based explanation
6 votes -
Ten tips for home safety in 2021
1 vote -
Our post-privacy world
7 votes -
Lemmy has implemented federation with Mastodon/Pleroma
12 votes -
Notes on Web3 for the "cautiously curious"
5 votes -
Original Prusa XL
4 votes -
The âZelle Fraudâ scam: How it works, how to fight back
7 votes -
How to scrub your online footprint?
I don't necessarily want to delete everything there is about me, but I want to significantly clean it. I've been deleting old accounts lately, I've seen some screenshots of my tweets on Reddit and...
I don't necessarily want to delete everything there is about me, but I want to significantly clean it. I've been deleting old accounts lately, I've seen some screenshots of my tweets on Reddit and I've asked the authors to delete them. They've been kind enough to do it.
But I feel like there's more that I need to do. I just realized that there are probably a lot of screenshots of YouTube comments and Tweets that I've put out there in the world with my name and face. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't drastically increase my footprint last year during my time on Twitter.
I'm not a techy person, I was thinking about asking or hiring some type of hacker or expert to help me. Because they could probably find more information about me than me.
Can anyone help?
17 votes -
Trackers: The sound of 16-Bit
6 votes -
Apple announces self service repair
22 votes -
My life without a smartphone is getting harder and harder
26 votes -
An update on Standard Notes early pricing and roadmap
11 votes -
The behaviors and attitudes of US adults on Twitter
10 votes -
Name don'ts
14 votes -
Patreon integrating a video platform
11 votes -
IFTTT / Reddit alerts filling up with porn spam? Hereâs what to do
2 votes -
Windows 11 blocks Edge browser competitors from opening links
38 votes -
Linus and Luke of LTT try to daily drive Linux
30 votes -
Desert Bus For Hope 2021 begins in less than six hours
DBFH is "the Internet's longest running charity marathon." For fifteen years now, they've fundraised on behalf of Child's Play Charity for children who live in hospitals and in shelters for...
DBFH is "the Internet's longest running charity marathon." For fifteen years now, they've fundraised on behalf of Child's Play Charity for children who live in hospitals and in shelters for victims of domestic violence.
The event runs continuously, 24h/day on their twitch channel for an expected period of roughly one week. During this time, unpaid volunteer entertainers play games, do contests and comedy bits, take challenges from chat for songs, dances, readings, etc. and call-ins from guests while simultaneously raffling and auctioning various game culture and pop culture related items donated by sponsors or made throughout the year by unpaid volunteer crafters.
Every year it's a really good time with a great community, so for those who weren't aware of the event I thought I'd mention it here. Last year alone the community managed to raise more than one million US dollars, and more than 7.1 million dollars throughout the life of the project so far, entirely for charity. Hope folks from here would like to join in and (if you can) donate (responsibly).
8 votes -
Three months in: Running a law firm on Linux
15 votes -
How much time, money and human cost went into Windows Vista? (2006)
9 votes -
Proposed illegal image detectors on devices are âeasily fooledâ
9 votes -
In case you're ready to shop... Best Black Friday TV deals: $700 off LG 86'', $220 off TCL 55''
1 vote -
The Framework laptop is great for a Linux-friendly, upgradeable/modular laptop
10 votes -
Apple backs off of breaking Face ID after DIY iPhone 13 screen replacements
10 votes -
The Verge is updating their public ethics policy "to be clearer in our interactions with public relations and corporate communications professionals"
11 votes -
Hand-built original Apple-1 fetches $400,000 at US auction
5 votes -
Twitter expands its subscription service to news articles
6 votes