For the past 10 years or so I’ve had a PC hooked up to a dumb TV to stream my TV. Now I’m officially old and have kids in elementary school. The PC is finally unbearably slow but now I have no idea what to replace it with, or frankly even what my options are. Smart TV? Casting Stick? new PC? some newfangled option i don’t even know what to google?
I would go for an Apple TV box if you’re in the Apple ecosystem at all. If you’re anti-Apple I’d look for something similar from Android. Just stay away from the streaming sticks, my friends that have them always seem to have issues with the sticks having sluggish performance or straight up freezing up (Firesticks seem especially bad).
A PC can also come in handy though. I built one in a portable Mini-ITX case that’s easy to move to the living room if I want. Nice for when you want to go to streaming sites that may not have apps yet, can also play games off Steam or the Epic Store, etc.