Sonos speakers. They work well for streaming except not from YouTube, I don't have Spotify premium, most of my music is local and Sonos and Linux is not a good combination. I'm not a fan of the Windows application either, but at least that works.
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Smartwatch. Utter shit.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Steam Deck. That thing is amazing.
It depends what you're using it for. If you aren't using it to track your sports activity, it is not that useful. Maybe the notifications are useful. I really enjoy tracking my steps and knowing if I should be more active. I use gadgetbridge, so that my data stays on my phone.
Huh I love my coros watch. But I mostly use it for sports tracking which it obviously does very well., the messages displayed are nice so I can avoid taking my phone out at dinner, and quickly decide if it's a serious text/call or not
I get well over a week battery with daily workouts in there
What did you go for
With gadgetbridge, they could apparently be pretty great, but I haven't tried it.
FM bluetooth transmitter for my car
How so? They're great, you listen to what you want, be it music or a documentary or whatever. Mine doubles as a charger too, so even without the FM it serves a purpose
I think that the quality of the unit that i bought is bad. The transmission quality is worse than FM radio signal, even though it only needs to transmit maybe 1-2 meters to the antena
Huh, weird.
Not my latest, but I have a General International Excalibur scroll saw with about 45 minutes of run time in its life, so that was a great investment.
A smart TV.
It was one of the cheapest options for the size I wanted at my local Walmart. I never wanted a smart TV but couldn't beat the price.
The amount of issues I've had because it's designed as more of a streaming platform than a TV is infuriating. The constant updates. Ads. The fact that there are no buttons on the TV so if you lose the remote you're fucked.
It's honestly a pain in the ass I just want a normal TV dammit.
They don’t make them any more. Buy good quality retail panels, the kind shops use in their displays. They’re expensive but that’s because they’re not counting on making money off ad revenue or your data.
+1 on this.
Buy a good panel and don’t use the smart functionality, never even connect it to the internet. Just hook up a cheap Linux box or pc to it over hdmi and you’re good to go.
It’s very much worth it, eh. I have a contact through work I can order them from, 5 or 8 year warranties even if powered on 24x7. Nothing but inputs including usb, sometimes toslink but if you’re running a nuc or something just get one with toslink out for the hifi.
I got a Lenovo Thinkpad detachable thinking it would have good Linux support. My hope was to make it my new general purpose laptop, like my old Surface was before it broke.
But I bought it online, and didn't realize how small the screen and keyboard would actually be. And the volume keys don't work in Linux, so I can't use it as a tablet.
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