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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/16/22 12:41, Mike Hodson wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 16, 2022,
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I've a samsung smart TV, it's probably android but they
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<div dir="auto">Samsung Tizen is Linux based, but not android.
It's fairly limited in what it can do and honestly I don't
like it.</div>
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So I thought to make a 'lean FE' that can be plugged in a
usb port, to let her access my BE.<br>
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<div dir="auto">HDMI stick that is its own operating system and
computer running Android would be doable, USB not so much. USB
is file storage, and you aren't going to be able to execute
files from it on Tizen, without some major hack I've not seen
yet. It's not as simple as just enabling side loading.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Samsung makes great LCD panels, but the rest of
the 'smart' package is pretty dumb. </div>
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<p>Your best bet is an android streaming device. The onn I have got
and it works well at $19.88, from Walmart:</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/onn-Android-TV-4K-UHD-Streaming-Device-with-Voice-Remote-Control-HDMI-Cable/636597403?athbdg=L1100">https://www.walmart.com/ip/onn-Android-TV-4K-UHD-Streaming-Device-with-Voice-Remote-Control-HDMI-Cable/636597403?athbdg=L1100</a></p>
<p>Or amazon fire stick 4k at $49.99 is about the same performance
at over twice the price but frequently on sale for $27</p>
<p>Also amazon fire stick lite for $29.99 if you don't need 4K,
performance is a little slower.</p>
<p>Other android streaming sticks should also work, although they
are may not support MPEG-2.</p>
<p>Peter<br>
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