Doesn't seem like it. Siri AI is not even available in all languages yet either. $429 CAD is crazy. You can get a whole mini PC and a Bluetooth remote for less and slap LibreElec on it even at today's crazy prices. And it'll be a better remote too.

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frmrtntn 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Last time I tried the Media PC thing it ended up being somewhat of a nightmare. Had to spend significant amount of time setting up MadVR with my video player and get HDR HDMI passthrough working, but it was always very flaky. Occasionally an Nvidia driver update would break it completely. Dolby Vision wasn't even an option.

I really wanted to make it work, but it ended up being an annoying hassle. I got a Shield TV and it has been a much better solution.

Not sure if things have changed since then (~5 years ago).

	▲	ndiddy 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The way I use mine is just running a standard desktop (with the scaling turned up so it's a bit more readable) and then browsing for the video files on my NAS in the file explorer. I have one of those Logitech wireless keyboard/trackpad combos for input. Obviously this is pretty clunky, but it's a hell of a lot less flaky than something like Kodi. I use Linux on mine, but you could do the same thing in Windows if you wanted.

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doublepg23 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

$429 CAD is crazy for sure but there's a running joke in my group chats of me sending a link to an Apple TV every time someone posts about their Kodi box breaking. It's not set and forget like an Apple TV at all...

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protimewaster 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

My Apple TVs have not been set and forget. Apple's aggressive storage saving makes it so that it resets storage for, and I get logged out of, apps that I don't use frequently. It'll also randomly need a reboot to solve the problem of some videos not playing correctly.

It's definitely not the most troublesome player I've dealt with, but rebooting and logging back into apps randomly can be frustrating.

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chocochunks 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think the only problems I've had on mine were network related and I would have had the same problems with an ATV since it can't magically fix DNS or my NAS being off.

If you want a privacy focused solution it's probably the most private. Yeah, admittedly harder to use but I'm not recommending it to my parents.

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loloquwowndueo 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

At 429 you can get a whole new tv.

	▲	piva00 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I have an Apple TV exactly to not deal with any Smart TV feature and to avoid connecting a TV to the internet, mine is the first gen 4K from 2017 and is still chugging along fine. I don't plan on upgrading it to this new version yet so I'll probably get 10+ years of use out of it, great value overall.
	▲	mypalmike 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Or 8 pairs of jeans on sale.
	▲	Hamuko 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Although not a particularly good one. Especially if you want to stream (which I presume Apple TV buyers would) and care about privacy.

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nozzlegear 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Siri AI is not even available in all languages yet either.

Siri AI is increasingly looking like a product that's exclusively for Americans. An unfortunate side effect of the EU attempting to become a regulatory superpower but failing to export its rules to the rest of the world.

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jeffgreco 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Don't worry Europeans: you aren't missing out.

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Maxion 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Nah, Apple are just holding out on features from the EU so that they try to force their hand in other regulation. It's just blackmail.

	▲	miskin 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I’d say they really like this situation: - They don’t have to support European languages. Historically, they were horrible in this area, supporting only major languages and ignoring others for years. It’s almost impossible to ask Siri to play a song whose title is in one of these languages. Contact names are pronounced badly, and it’s sometimes tricky to ask Siri to call a person with a non-English name. This way, even though LLMs support these languages quite well, Apple doesn’t have to invest in development and testing. - They announce the product with US features and keep the EU price the same, but disable features that cost them money, such as those requiring server-side compute. - Satellite features only work in some EU countries, and there seems to be absolutely no progress in many markets. These markets are simply too small for Apple to care about. Yet the price is the same. - They blame the EU for this.
	▲	nozzlegear 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Are they? If I were a gambling man, I'd bet that Siri AI never comes to the EU. I think Apple saw what happened with Google's on-device AI in the EU and noped out.