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Cheaper to get a long fiber optic HDMI cable and connect your TV to your PC GPU. That's what I do. You get the best uncompressed video (typ 4K 120Hz or 8K 60Hz), zero lag so it can be used for stuff other than video, and don't have to maintain another box
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I tried this and it was a huge pain. This works in a small place with a single TV and a single user, past that it's rough.

Running a hdmi cable through walls sucks, you're limited in tenancy (I can't game while wife watches the TV), controlling the pc remotely is annoying, most streaming apps don't support 4k on a pc (same problem with a nuc), I can go on.

This does not pass, or get anywhere close to passing the wife test imo.




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