Sorry for the extremely vague question that I’m sure has been asked before…
I have only ever used AppleTVs, but I would love to find a media center that can:
1) Run Kodi
2) Play local files from an attached external hard drive
3) Play netflix/hbo go
4) Screen mirror with my MacBook Pro and be remote speakers when needed.
Right now, I am in the process of transitioning from ATV1 to ATV4. The ATV4 handles all of these except local files but the jailbreak is kinda odd and I’m finding out I might need to re-do it every week which isn’t practical for me so I still have my ATV1 hooked up too and I might send the ATV4 back. The ATV1 with OSMC is still doing great but it goes through waves where I won’t have any problem for a while and then all of a sudden tons of files and streams don’t play correctly and are laggy, etc. I think big files and some types of files (mkv?) don’t agree with the ATV1…
The mirroring is the least important feature since I’m pretty sure that isn’t really possible without either an AppleTV or 3rd party software that costs money. Playing local files from an attached external hard drive is probably the most important point since most media players I’ve seen lately have no problem with the other uses.
I’ve always bought Apple products (ever since the IIgs), but I know there are probably better and cheaper alternatives that I don’t know about….