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Dom said:
Because android apps and other smart solutions are relatively shit, and I want access to a full browser for twitch/youtube and full access to my various saved media, and access to whatever else I might want but wouldn't be able to do (easily or at all) outside of a full OS. It's how I have it setup now, but I'd like to move the actual PC out to be with my main and work systems.
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Cool, ever tried a Roku though? How about leave the PC where it is and Remote Desktop into it from your main system?
 
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I haven't, but I'm assuming I can't run a full browser with extensions on it and use my media keyboard with it.
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Yeah that’s kind of a windows requirement there. What is the need to move the PC outside of the bedroom?
 
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Yeah that’s kind of a windows requirement there. What is the need to move the PC outside of the bedroom?
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Mostly, I just don't want a full PC tower sitting on the floor near my bed anymore as it looks weird, and I would like to have it powering a monitor for media next to my full system to avoid various frame timing/vsync issues in gaming.

I mean, I can easily just setup an HTPC or something, but I know very little about things like media streamers (roku et al) and figured I'd ask incase there was something I just didn't know existed. Mist's suggestion is probably the closest bet, but I wager the latency/price will make it a poor option, so I'll likely just end up building a new much more compact system.
 
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Mostly, I just don't want a full PC tower sitting on the floor near my bed anymore as it looks weird, and I would like to have it powering a monitor for media next to my full system to avoid various frame timing/vsync issues in gaming.

I mean, I can easily just setup an HTPC or something, but I know very little about things like media streamers (roku et al) and figured I'd ask incase there was something I just didn't know existed. Mist's suggestion is probably the closest bet, but I wager the latency/price will make it a poor option, so I'll likely just end up building a new much more compact system.
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Another thing to consider, that keyboard you want to use. If you move the PC out of the bedroom, how is the keyboard going to connect to the PC?
 
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Another thing to consider, that keyboard you want to use. If you move the PC out of the bedroom, how is the keyboard going to connect to the PC?
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Wireless (K400+) and the rooms are close enough that it works, albeit with a few problems.

Having thought through it all now with the feedback, I'm pretty sure what I want to accomplish isn't going to work out as well as I hope, so another approach will be needed.
 
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Wireless (K400+) and the rooms are close enough that it works, albeit with a few problems.

Having thought through it all now with the feedback, I'm pretty sure what I want to accomplish isn't going to work out as well as I hope, so another approach will be needed.
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The next version of Windows 10 supposedly coming in April purportedly fixes the multiple monitors with different refresh rates stuttering issue.
 
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I also use an Intel NUC which is about the size of a deck of cards. Mine is ~5 years old and runs Kodi for my HTPC with a Bluetooth keyboard with built in trackpad. I’m sure one of the new ones would just run Win10.
 
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Me or Dom? Yeah for the Pi-Hole setup. Not in the market to replace my NUC, works just fine, was just a suggestion for him.
 
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It's got up to 4GB of RAM and has 2 HDMI ports to support dual monitors. If it couldn't even handle running a browser what exactly would anyone use a raspberry pi for?

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Buy a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B – Raspberry Pi

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It's got up to 4GB of RAM and has 2 HDMI ports to support dual monitors. If it couldn't even handle running a browser what exactly would anyone use a raspberry pi for?

www.raspberrypi.org

Buy a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B – Raspberry Pi

Your tiny, dual-display, desktop computer …and robot brains, smart home hub, media centre, networked AI core, factory controller, and much more.
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That doesn't answer my question. When I looked into getting a pi for this purpose before the model 4 came out, everything pointed to it not being powerful enough to stream, browse, or manage 4k media without at least some issues. Are you saying that the 4 is enough of an improvement to overcome that?
 
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Not yet, but why? It won't be powerful enough for this afaik
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Why did I get a notification that my post was quoted here?

Anyway, pi4 doesn't do HDR, would not buy a cheap crap device not up to snuff for standard 2020 video features.
 
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Why did I get a notification that my post was quoted here?

Anyway, pi4 doesn't do HDR, would not buy a cheap crap device not up to snuff for standard 2020 video features.
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My advice was based on the assumption he was going to/already had a pi4. And as I understand it the hardware is perfectly capable of playing 4k HDR, the software is the issue at the moment.
 
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