[duped]

> Why can't you just plug a Linux box into your TV and use that?

Because most streaming services don't support 4k HDR on Linux. And if I'm spending thousands of dollars for my TV to play 4k HDR content, I want to be able to watch it.

[pmontra]

How about a Windows box, whatever the form factor, and a HDMI cable?

[duped]

I'd rather use my TVs flavor of android than Windows, honestly. I just don't see what that would buy me.

I get running a Linux media server, don't get me wrong. But a dedicated windows machine for my TV seems like a waste of time and money when my TV can already do whatever that box would. It buys me very little.

[gjsman-1000]

To be fair, it's not the streaming services fault, because Linux (er, Wayland and Xorg) does not support HDR. We're only just starting, on the bleeding edge, to have HDR with proper color management on Linux.

[hamandcheese]

It is also the streaming services fault because they limit the resolution on Linux to 720p in most cases.

[michaelmrose]

It is entirely their fault its not that they don't support HDR its that they don't support resolutions higher than 720p