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Yea I always hear people say just hook up a PC or Pi but I don't want a keyboard and mouse in my livingroom. The value of these Apple TV / Roku / Google TV setups is you have a little remote and a UI that is designed around it with big visual elements you can see across the room. I'm surprised there seems to be so little movement on something like this.
I guess one issue is apps. The likes of Netflix wouldn't support it.
"I don't want to use a keyboard," was what my wife said at first too. Then she realized that saving hundred of dollars and never seeing another advertisement was worth it.
I used to have the PC setup. Ended up going for an Apple TV 4k. Yea it was $200 but it was a one time purchase 7 years ago and there's no ads. Just serve up everything though Plex and Infuse
Apple TV still has a ton of privacy concerns and most people who are against having to use a keyboard probably aren't going to be setting up a Plex server.