JemmyWhat is the current best smart TV software/brand/ecosystem option?
After spending the last few days, tinkering and trying to put together an HTPC for my family, I wasn't able to get a smooth enough experience to match even our old, ad-filled, laggy, Roku. In particular, every streaming service I tried needed to be controlled almost exclusively by mouse, as everything has been reduced to electron apps/websites with little-to-no keyboard or controller navigation support. As such, I'm looking for other options, although considering how quickly these platforms change and how outdated a lot of the information available on them is its hard to single out the best options.
In particular, I'm looking to be able to:
* Use Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+. Ideally other services too, since we tend to juggle subscriptions.
* Control it with a remote, controller, or similarly simple device
* Be able to cast to it from a phone
Does anyone have much experience with options for this - esspecially if you've tried multiple and can compare?
Yes it does because as far as I remember I disabled the default launcher with help of adb: https://www.gearrice.com/update/how-to-change-launcher-on-android-tv-and-which-ones-are-the-best/
To OP though, be careful doing this, you might soft lock yourself out of the OS