im using a chromecast right now and i want a similar experience to that, just more privacy friendly

although i have set up a google account just for my chromecast with its own email, it still doesn’t feel like its enough

im in the eu btw

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        Linux works with 4k. Jellyfin, Plex, Kodi, etc can all stream 4k streams to Linux assuming you’re using your own content and not content from commercial services that impose DRM.

        HDR and Dolby Vision are another matter because even on Windows those are recent and limited implementations.

        Linux hasn’t implemented proper Dolby Vision and HDR can be finicky but does mostly work on wayland. This is down to it being a lot of work, closed source and DRM and licensing problems from Nvidia, HDMI forum, etc that make it hard and very slow going. To be fair Dolby Vision doesn’t really work on Windows either for streaming your own videos purposes. I think LG has an application that can sort of make it work with certain models of theirs but I believe it’s mainly for gaming.

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          I don’t know what Dolby Vision nor HDR are.

          I understand the difference between 720, 1080, and 4k.

          What would I be missing if I didn’t have Dolby Vision nor HDR? Would I even notice?