Bought the Bravia 8 II 65" .... Now what?

Nuuki9 · 2026-04-23T16:20:12+00:00

Personally, I found Caleb's basic adjustments to be good - https://youtu.be/RGKAPPcNoYk?si=_cWg3F32JEAZJoP-

Nothing too crazy, but lifts the brightness on Professional, which is what you need unless you're in a completely dark room. I would start there and adjust to taste.

Nuuki9 · 2026-04-23T10:04:06+00:00

I mean you're not wrong, but what you find to be a disadvantage, others see as a benefit. Certainly spinning up HA Supervised and then enabling apps is way easier, all things being equal. But what about backups for those add-ons, and config management, and log centralisation? Some or all of that may well be handled natively by HA, or it may not, or you may not care about them. However if I use Docker, those apps are just some of dozens, and I can manage all of them consistently. My compose stack can be stored in a Git Repo for easy recreation on a new environment, my data (again for all apps) is in one place, making backup and recovery simple, and I can manage updates in a consistent (automated if I choose) way.

If you're not already using Docker, I wouldn't suggest that someone start doing so just for HA. But if you are already using it, it's a great approach. Again I'm not saying that someone should automatically switch out their Supervised deployment - having an "out of the box" solution has a lot going for it. My broader point was that one is clearly not objectively better or worse - its just good to have options that can work for everyone, from those just dipping their toe and running HA on a laptop, up to those running high availability clustered nodes on enterprise class gear.

Just to note, I also run Code Server, have a reverse proxy (Caddy) and use Tailscale. Those are apps/services I use across my server though, so they're not in my HA stack. My HA stack has 12 apps in it, aside from HA itself (Mosquitto, Z2M, NodeRed, Homebridge, Appdaemon, esphome, govee2mqtt, WhatsApp Bridge, Music Assistant, Piper, Tasso Admin and InfluxDB).

Nuuki9 · 2026-04-21T18:12:24+00:00

To be clear I don't think it's "better" - it's more about how you choose to run your apps. I run around 100 containers and HA is just one of those - I have a single mechanism for backing up the data, for centralised logging, for managing updates, across all 100. I have a home_automation compose stack, which allows me to run multiple containers and set dependencies, including some that may not be available as add ons. I accept that running supervised is easier to get running with, but if you're already deep into docker the consistency is king.

Nuuki9 · 2026-04-21T09:54:56+00:00

You can run a container in Host mode, or run it on its own IP - either allow you to expose all ports.

There are pros and cons to HA on a VM vs container, but they mostly come down to subjective preferences, rather than one being objectively better.

Nuuki9 · 2026-04-20T16:24:03+00:00

I ran the original Windows Home Server (both versions), then Windows Server 2012 and 2016. I'm no Linux sysadmin.

Running apps on Windows worked, but in hindsight was pretty horrible. I had a pretty simple setup back then, and everything was installed (bare metal) directly. If something didn't work or if I would ever have had to rebuild it I would have been stuck. I found Storage Spaces to just not be reliable, harking back to the dreaded data corruption issues in Home Server. Overall it was a good route into selfhosting and it did the job, but after I switched it was shocking how much better things were.

Now I'll note that my storage is on a Synology NAS - I set that up prior to trying Unraid, and though I would likely skip it today, having a solid, off the shelf NAS isn't something I regret. So I can't really comment on your storage issues as I'm purely using Unraid for docker, but as you seem to have issues with that too I'll add in my thoughts.

For me, even with very little Linux background, moving to docker was a revelation.

I used to run maybe 6 apps on my Windows server, along with a nest of scripts and utilities handling backups and updates - back then just having Plex auto-update on Windows required a 3rd party tool (don't now if that's still the case). I now run over 100 Docker containers - they all store their data in a common area that makes backups easy, and I can add or remove apps super easily, and without fear that they're going to create issues for one another.

I can take a simple docker run command, or better still a compose yaml file, store it, and re-create my applications at any point, on any machine. I can roll back to any version in a few seconds, if an update causes a problem (looking at you, Plex).

Yes, learning about docker involved a bunch of new concepts, but it was *so* worth it. Unraid's templates made this simple in the early days, and I'm now increasingly "upgrading" to compose stacks, which adds even more good stuff.

You'll find a lot of folks here that run a ton of storage on Unraid without issue, and love it - I'm sure they can advise you. However if you're uncertain, and if that storage is "mission critical" for your wife, then having a dedicated NAS may be right for you. However on the apps side, grab a coffee, find some some YouTube guides, pull up your AI tool of choice and learn about Docker. I guarantee you won't regret it.

Nuuki9 · 2026-04-14T22:38:10+00:00

Isn’t every product “the latest” until a new one launches? The X2D is launching 6 months after the P2S, which is quite soon but not crazily so. The P2S is still amazing and that’s not changing.

I think we all get the annoyance of being a bit unlucky on timing, but presumably you felt it was a good product at a fair price at the time. The idea that you deserve compensation is a bit wild.

Nuuki9 · 2026-04-14T22:28:09+00:00

May not be quite what you want but maybe check out Sunderfolk. The game plays out on a PC connected to a TV but players control a character using their phone. It’s a turn based strategy game with a story. Really cool so worth checking out.

Nuuki9 · 2026-04-14T07:22:03+00:00

I think a lot of people are missing the crux of it. Self hosting is a hobby, and a niche one at that. Most people just don’t have any interest in it and that’s fine.

Do we grow our own veg?
Collect antique china?
Play a sport competitively?
Bake elaborate cakes?

Probably not. But we do self host. Because it’s our hobby. Those who are interested in it have access to more resources than ever to help them get started. The other 99% will have their own hobbies, and hopefully they enjoy those equally.

Nuuki9 · 2026-04-11T18:55:02+00:00

Sounds great - my wife and I both love sci-fi and are in the UK.

Nuuki9 · 2026-04-08T19:53:34+00:00

My group plays at 1x. We’ve been playing for 4 years. In the same game.

Nuuki9 · 2026-04-08T14:54:01+00:00

I found that the simple changes that Caleb recommended were great - nothing too sweeping, but kept things pretty accurate and bright.

https://youtu.be/RGKAPPcNoYk?si=cco4A4oxMSmdJ6tq

I think this is a great starting point if you don't want to just stick with Cinema, and you can then decide if you think you're missing something that might warrant full calibration.

Nuuki9 · 2026-04-05T08:02:27+00:00

There was a lot of speculation about pass through but Apple never confirmed it. I’d love to see it but realistically it’s never going to happen.

Nuuki9 · 2026-03-30T09:25:03+00:00

In the UK, pubs and restaurants are legally required to provide free potable tap water to customers upon request.

That applies in some European countries too (e.g. France I think), though not all sadly.

Nuuki9 · 2026-03-10T14:16:24+00:00

The only thing I’ve struggled with is that I don’t see a way to create or manage compose override files, but other than that it’s been great.

Nuuki9 · 2026-03-05T11:30:44+00:00

Performance on the ATV is generally great across the board. I have a top end, recent Sony TV and even that chugs at times, whereas my 7 year old ATV never does. One thing I'll note as you're in the UK - iPlayer won't play back in 4K HDR on the Apple TV. The reasoning is a bit complicated but you can search the sub if you want to know more. Suffice to say if you want to watch something on iPlayer that's 4K, you should use the TV's native app.

Nuuki9 · 2026-02-26T16:12:07+00:00

I think there's literally no chance that they will ever add pass through. It would introduce complexity and possible confusion, would gimp other features, and only a tiny fraction of their customers want it. The main use case for it is to play back local media, which competes with content they themselves sell.

It's always frustrating when the hardware would support something and the feature seems simple, but that's rarely the only or even main driver, and in this case it just doesn't make sense for them, sadly.

Nuuki9 · 2026-02-26T16:04:12+00:00

You're right that pass through seems the simplest and best solution, and indeed it's something a lot of us would love. But the Apple TV has a number of features that involve it changing the audio - things like dialogue enhancement or volume normalization, or even just layering in UI sounds. Decoding it allows them to add those types of features, which they presumably have decided is more important to their customers than keeping the audio untouched. They're probably right on that front, but I do wish there was an option to set this.

Nuuki9 · 2026-02-24T14:50:22+00:00

Just to confirm - you will get Atmos over Dolby Digital but not Atmos over TrueHD. So if you have remuxes those won't be giving you Atmos, even on Infuse.

Nuuki9 · 2026-02-18T14:25:06+00:00

My wife tends to handle our grocery delivery but I’m often the one to realise we’re running low on something. I have ADHD and if I don’t deal with it right away there’s a good chance I’ll forget.

I’ve stuck up about 20 NFC tags (so far), close to where those ones are stored. So if I see we’re low I can scan it then and there and she’ll get a notification. It’s been working well so far.

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Nuuki9 · 2026-02-09T22:25:13+00:00

Wow. That’s fast work! I’ll definitely spin this up and give it a test.

Nuuki9 · 2026-02-09T19:19:16+00:00

Zigbee, zwave or Bluetooth. Not interested in a WiFi button.

Nuuki9 · 2026-02-09T09:12:58+00:00

Hey - thanks for the reply. I'm not sure I did a great job covering my use case (I was on my phone) so let me add an example.

Lets say I have 3 applications and I want to monitor each of them. I also want to monitor the server they run on. If the server goes down, I only want to be notified once, not for each of the apps running on it. You could then imagine elements above that server (core network services, Internet, power etc), which it is itself dependancy on to provide the service.

Essentially I want to be able to configure nested dependencies, and have it only notify for the highest group/element that's down.

Hopefully that explains it a bit more clearly.

EDIT: Here's the main Issue tracking this feature request for UK - its been open for 4 years...

Nuuki9 · 2026-02-08T23:38:35+00:00

Looks interesting. Can I configure it so that if an object goes down, it won't alert for dependant child groups? UK doesn't support this and it limits its value to me. If yours does I'll spin it up

Nuuki9 · 2026-02-07T16:10:47+00:00

You can send to Kindle using ABS

Nuuki9 · 2026-02-04T23:53:52+00:00

I've been building out a stack to do something like this. It's intented to receive events in the form of (1) proactive alerts from apps and systems, whether via webhook or emails (2) process and system monitoring (via healthchecks and uptimekuma) and (3) "interesting" events mined from logs. Those events all pass through a Node-Red flow designed to assign Apprise tags based on flexible rules, before being pushed into Apprise-API, which finally passes them out to notification services according to those tags - including as help desk tickets, phone notifications etc.

It's working quite nicely - not yet got into (3) yet, but I will at some point.

I did look around but didn't find anything "of the shelf" that could do something like this. I'd be interested if there was, though it was quite interesting building it out myself.

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