Disabling ads is easy, don’t connect it to the internet ever

Any way to connect it to an internal network so I can still cast from local devices? Otherwise it’s just going to exist plugged into a laptop.

Something like a chromecast would be the easiest solution.

Me personally, I just like having a media pc hooked up to my tv. I bought an amazon fire tv cause it was fairly cheap for 4k and its never been hooked up to the internet.

Just watch them serve ads on those too

It is a problem, my shield tv started having ads on the home page, but I was able to install a new launcher on it to fix that.

Overall having a media player plugged in to a disconnected tv is the way to go. It is easier to replace a chromecast than the whole tv.

What launcher are you using? I haven’t found one I really like yet.

FLauncher is decent