Comment by ssl-3

I mean, for my TV at home where everything is connected with a gigabit LAN, I usually use Kodi on a Pi4, over SMB, with a Logitech KT400 to drive it from wherever I feel like sitting.

It's silent, reasonably self-contained, and is appliance-like to get going (just dump OpenELEC onto an SD card, plug everything in, and then simply begin using it).

Plus, there's two HDMI outputs: One that connects directly to the the dumb TV and sends only video, while the other sends only lossless PCM audio to the once-rather-high-end AV receiver (that gets choked up on more-modern HDMI bitrates).

And that's great for me at my house, with my pile of gear, and with my technical proclivities.

But I'm not my mom, and this isn't my mom's house. :)