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Add to SafariWhen comparing Plasma Bigscreen vs tvOS, the Slant community recommends Plasma Bigscreen for most people. In the question“What is the best set-top box OS?” Plasma Bigscreen is ranked 13th while tvOS is ranked 14th. The most important reason people chose Plasma Bigscreen is:
You can make any TV a smart TV with only a Raspberry Pi.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Runs on cheap hardware
You can make any TV a smart TV with only a Raspberry Pi.
Pro A free (as in freedom) alternative
To all the proprietary set top box operating systems.
Pro For Apple fanboys
If you're already on the Apple ecosystem so you don't have much choice.
Cons
Con Uses KDE applications
There are no Apps designed for the system, instead it modifies the way regular KDE applications are displayed.
Con GNU GPL
This License is much more restrictive than Androids Apache license, which will lead to less developers/interest.
Con Vendor lock-in
You have to use their services their app store and so on. There is no way to sideload apps.
Con Expensive
It's a very expensive device compared to other devices with the same features.
