Yup. Intel Nuc and a Logitech K400. I dont bother with cute menu things and just use whatever DE with scaling turned up to 150%. 99% of the time you're in FF/Chrome watching streaming video.
Same here, I have an LG TV which I dumbed down by removing the Ethernet cable. I use a BeeLink mini-PC, running Ubuntu, with Chrome for TV and VLC for DVDs and CDs. I still use the TV remote for turning power on and off, and changing input source (I still have cable, mostly for news). I would never use a Logitech wireless keyboard/trackpad for typing anything complicated, but it works great as a remote control.