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I have an old school boob tube tv in my room, currently with a firestick running through a converter. It's fine i guess, but i want something else because 1, the aspect ratio is off since it expects to be hooked up to a flatscreen, and 2 the privacy problem of running something from amazon. Is there something that could work here?

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[–] gila@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

FWIW you can fix the aspect ratio issue on the firestick using ADB to force the device to display in a 4:3 resolution (except when using streaming apps that force 16:9)

If you want something privacy oriented you'll probably need to build some kind of NUC. To my knowledge no off-the-shelf streaming device respects privacy

If you can find/download the CRT TV's remote, it may be possible to force widescreen in the menu or adjust vertical deflection in the service menu