I basically gave up on finding a custom ROM for this TV so I'm looking for alternative TV apps to at least change the default app. Do you know if there is an app like this exist? It should work with satellite, I'm not looking for IPTV or streaming services, just something that supports plain satellite TV.

Edit: Currently experimenting with KODI, no luck yet though. If you also have suggestions regarding to it, I'm all ears.

Edit 2: KODI (and so Jellyfin, Plex etc.) needs a backend server for Live TV so add-ons alone won't work. According to KODI Wiki, currently there are no backends that work on Android. I also tried Google's older app called Live Channels but Google doesn't let you to run it because it's old ~~more useful~~.

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[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not aware of an alternative TV App for android tv. On my android TV live tv is also wrapped within the android interface but other sources like HDMI inputs are not.

If you can switch to HDMI sources outside the android apps then maybe the best thing to do is get a separate basic satellite tuner device?

It seems shitty that google are effectively hiding your inbuilt tv tuner behind an app with all their advertising and other crap.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago

Yeah it sucks. I believe it shouldn't be hard to replace the default TV app but I couldn't find any alternative so maybe it is.

It is technically possible to use a separate tuner but my mother got this TV because she didn't want a separate box laying around in the first place. So I don't think she would want that. Personally I'm a home server guy but I don't want my mother to use her TV with Google's bullshit either.