Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?

[guyinpv]

@scottalanmiller said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@guyinpv said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

Ok so Android TV.
Seems like Nvidia Shield is most popular for connecting that.

I have that and love it.

So can I set it up so that dad turns it on and basically just has his 4 or 5 icons and that's it?

[scottalanmiller]

@guyinpv said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@scottalanmiller said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@guyinpv said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

Ok so Android TV.
Seems like Nvidia Shield is most popular for connecting that.

I have that and love it.

So can I set it up so that dad turns it on and basically just has his 4 or 5 icons and that's it?

No, I've not tried to simplify it. It's not bad, though.

[guyinpv]

@scottalanmiller said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@guyinpv said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@scottalanmiller said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@guyinpv said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

Ok so Android TV.
Seems like Nvidia Shield is most popular for connecting that.

I have that and love it.

So can I set it up so that dad turns it on and basically just has his 4 or 5 icons and that's it?

No, I've not tried to simplify it. It's not bad, though.

Others here said you can simply change the launcher, but on the Shield I don't know, maybe you can't change launcher from default system.

[Jame_s]

it might be worth noting that the newer roku remotes have a button each for hulu netflix slingtv and hbogo with the logos on them.

[scottalanmiller]

@guyinpv said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@scottalanmiller said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@guyinpv said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@scottalanmiller said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@guyinpv said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

Ok so Android TV.
Seems like Nvidia Shield is most popular for connecting that.

I have that and love it.

So can I set it up so that dad turns it on and basically just has his 4 or 5 icons and that's it?

No, I've not tried to simplify it. It's not bad, though.

Others here said you can simply change the launcher, but on the Shield I don't know, maybe you can't change launcher from default system.

Maybe not by default. The Shield tends to be a rather open device in general, though.

[gjacobse]

@guyinpv said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

Ok so Android TV.
Seems like Nvidia Shield is most popular for connecting that.

And then I can stick in a custom launcher entirely and just add the icons he needs?

I didn't see Pandora in the Android TV appstore though. He does like radio sometimes.

I am not a fan of having to have the TV on to listen to Pandora... It just seems like a huge waste. However the Echo DOT does decently, and can connect to external speakers.

[IRJ]

@guyinpv said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@scottalanmiller said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@guyinpv said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@scottalanmiller said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@guyinpv said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

Ok so Android TV.
Seems like Nvidia Shield is most popular for connecting that.

I have that and love it.

So can I set it up so that dad turns it on and basically just has his 4 or 5 icons and that's it?

No, I've not tried to simplify it. It's not bad, though.

Others here said you can simply change the launcher, but on the Shield I don't know, maybe you can't change launcher from default system.

I have used stock android which gives you the option to run any Android app including any custom launcher.

My main media TV only has 4 icons on homescreen and I made the icon 4x in size so they cover a good portion of screen.

[IRJ]

I would give him something like this....

https://www.amazon.com/GooBang-Doo-Processor-Bluetooth-Keyboard/dp/B078N3V97C/ref=sr_1_3?s=tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1523034432&sr=1-3&keywords=android+tv

[scottalanmiller]

DId a two year old name that?

[IRJ]

@scottalanmiller said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

DId a two year old name that?

Lol It probably means something in Chinese?

[scottalanmiller]

@irj said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@scottalanmiller said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

DId a two year old name that?

Lol It probably means something in Chinese?

Yes, it means "I can't come up with a name and used toddler sounds" in Chinese.

[JaredBusch]

@irj said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@scottalanmiller said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

DId a two year old name that?

Lol It probably means something in Chinese?

Sadly, no excuse for shit naming.

https://www.goobangdoo.com/OurCompany.html

[IRJ]

@jaredbusch said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@irj said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

@scottalanmiller said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

DId a two year old name that?

Lol It probably means something in Chinese?

Sadly, no excuse for shit naming.

https://www.goobangdoo.com/OurCompany.html

Lol!

[scottalanmiller]

I see that Princeton education paying off.

[Emad R]

@guyinpv

Why Roku and not ChromeCast, usually google stuff with Android has very easy learning curve from what I noticed.

I own ChromeCast and something like Roku powered by Asmedia S902

[guyinpv]

Ok so clearly some kind of open Android device seems to be the most open for modification.

What I don't get is the software. So Android is installed, then what? On the GooBank it doesn't say what is the actual media software.

Is this just downloading something from the app store? If so, can I do this from any old Android phone or laptop? I happen to have an older Android tablet with an HDMI port, could I just use that and get a docking station and wireless remote or something?

[scottalanmiller]

@guyinpv said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

Ok so clearly some kind of open Android device seems to be the most open for modification.

What I don't get is the software. So Android is installed, then what? On the GooBank it doesn't say what is the actual media software.

Is this just downloading something from the app store? If so, can I do this from any old Android phone or laptop? I happen to have an older Android tablet with an HDMI port, could I just use that and get a docking station and wireless remote or something?

Kodi is an app that might make sense.

[IRJ]

@guyinpv said in Any options for a highly customized Roku-type device for daddy?:

Ok so clearly some kind of open Android device seems to be the most open for modification.

What I don't get is the software. So Android is installed, then what? On the GooBank it doesn't say what is the actual media software.

Is this just downloading something from the app store? If so, can I do this from any old Android phone or laptop? I happen to have an older Android tablet with an HDMI port, could I just use that and get a docking station and wireless remote or something?

You an install apks directly and/or use Google play Store.

Possibly, but the Android TV is better for this imo. It runs a slightly different OS specifically for Android TV.