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+1 on that.
But...by the time you put together the bill of quantities for the Pi, Case, Power brick, Active cooling, remote.... The 1080p Firestick becomes cheaper. The Firesticks advert filled UI can be wrangled using a custom launcher.
Yeah, true. I got my 4 a couple of weeks ago and all the bits and pieces came to about $100 from Amazon with some sales.
Definitely true; while it would have been more fun setting up something like a Pi4 with Plasma Bigscreen to avoid content ecosystems, it seems that choosing between a Google TV or Fire TV stick or a USB-supporting BluRay player will be a more economical option. Haven't delved much into custom launchers before, but it seems that might be a good solution for the sort of minimalistic UI I'm looking for.
I did go with a Pi option for the main TV, for the secondary one picked a discounted Firestick + wolflauncher using this tutorial https://troypoint.com/wolf-launcher/
The Pi does a lot more 💪 besides media playback for the TV while it's on , but the Firestick was $19.99 at some sale 🤷