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Roku and TCL are being sued for allegedly bricking smart TVs with bad updates
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this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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I've been doing the exact same thing for over a decade.
Over time I've had 2 differen TV Media Boxes (and Asus and a no-name brand), an ASUS EEE PC with Linux and an Android TV Box.
What I have now is an N100 Mini-PC, with Lubuntu and Kodi always running on top (and set up to start on system start).
I also have one of these so it's the same "sofa experience" as a with a dedicated Media system (with just the funny detail that the Power button in the remote will turn the system OFF but it won't turn it back ON again).
Because that thing is designed for low power consumption, I leave it always on.
This is literally the best such system I've had in all this time.
As a cherry on top, it also doubles down as my home NAS and bittorrent server on top of a VPN.