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I agree, but you'd be surprised how a mini-PC can be made pretty good. One method is to buy something like this:
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I ran a similar setup decades ago when it was more popular. Logitech used to make something like this that was pretty cool.
As a bonus you can sail the seven seas for high-quality live cable feeds from around the country...and basically have free everything forever.
EDIT: This is what I used to have: https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Logitech_diNovo_Mini
You might be able to use something like an LG magic remote with a full computer too, especially if you could figure out how to get it to display an on-screen keyboard.