[archon]

I switched from the Roku ecosystem to Nvidia Shield about a year ago because of Roku’s increasingly user hostile ad and tracking decisions and have been pretty happy with it. Android TV gives me enough control with a custom launcher that I can prevent ads.

[kalekold]

The Nvidia Shield is the best thing I've ever bought. I love it. I hope Nvidia make a new one, because i'd buy it immediately.

[lollollollollol]

I have my Roku-based TCL setup to immediately switch to my streaming device on boot. It’s a little slow to load, but I’m hoping this will bypass whatever Roku ads might have shown.

[VTimofeenko]

Check if your device and TV support CEC. The device may be able to just start the TV and switch the output.

[akurtzhs]

I’ve tried custom launchers but never found anything as good as the Nvidia Shield interface before Google fucked it over with ads.

[IPTN]

I really can't recommend this launcher enough:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spocky.pro...

https://github.com/spocky/miproja1/releases/