akakunai

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[–] akakunai@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

And get fucked if you cannot drive for one reason or another in a car-dependent city/sprawling amalgamated mess.

[–] akakunai@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Glorious? This thing is disgusting lol. A cultural abomination.

Maybe dependent on the sport? I can only speak for hockey, but I always remember slapshots measured in km/h. Makes sense if imperial is used on US-centric sports tho. Do we really need to add more branches to this chart 😮‍💨

[–] akakunai@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

No, in a way it's just another Android TV box. But it only has Google's spyware crap in it instead of that plus all the sketchy malware that's been found on no-name Android TV boxes. Plus it has (still) pretty high-end specs compared to most other third party players, so you can throw full phat UHD remuxes with Dolby Vision and full quality lossless Atmos at it without it chugging. The AI video upscale is one of the only upscaling solutions that is actually worth using (depending on personal taste).

That's all from my research, I haven't actually bought one either bcus its a bit expensive for me too. If you're up for a bit more work and want to save a good bit, consider the DIY Kodi box that another poster mentioned. Something like LibreELEC if you've got a Raspberry Pi lying around somewhere, or just install Kodi on an old PC or laptop if you have one laying around for a HTPC.

[–] akakunai@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

That's a very good choice too if you're fine with some tinkering. Dolby Vision on the shield is what had me considering the Shield, but I read something about proper Dolby Vision support in the new release of Kodi (can't confirm).

[–] akakunai@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] akakunai@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Consider leaving the TV disconnected from the internet and using it as a dumb TV connected to a good third-party device like an Nvidia Shield (those are a still probably the best mass market player devices despite being a few years old. Nothing official, but there is a good chance a refresh could be coming soon).

[–] akakunai@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And considering they didn't feel the need to mention ethnicity.

[–] akakunai@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, I'm being nitpicky. All good.

[–] akakunai@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True, but even if Steam were to offer a x% lower cut on sales for Linux users if the developer makes a Linux-native build, it'd still not entice many to build and maintain a native port if they are only saving x% off a tiny y% of users. Other poster's point being that incentives like this would actually become enticing to companies when Linux market share (Proton users) increases.

Doubtful Steam is gonna offer a share cut on all sales when it runs on Proton for the 2% of userbase using Linux, and from that only a minority would care whether or not it's native anyway.

[–] akakunai@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Oh, we weren't talking abou...fuck I gotta get off the internet for a while.

[–] akakunai@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Hell, even Dell who came up with the standard chose to switch to soldered memory on the brand new XPS laptops instead of using their own CAMM standard ^because ^money.

[–] akakunai@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Guessing you're writing about the US? Unless you're a user on a clearly country-specific server, a large chunk of users do not know what this country is.

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