I don’t give a sh!ite about “thin clients” and the tech jabber.
What can be done with it? My TV screen is not touch, so keyboard or point device is needed besides the dongle.
I have Roku 2XD and rave about it.
The cool thing is the competition will yield benefits, like cutting the cable bill.
As I posted most of these devices can use bluetooth keyboards, touchpads and a mouse. Mine has a slot for a mini sd card as well as a usb port. You can connect hard drives and other hardware.
Mrs p6 and I like to watch A&E’s ‘Longmire’ in delay. Over Comcast it can become pixelated. Over the Infinitec that doesn’t happen. Both are in HD 1080 resolution.
BTW I have a Rasberry Pi but haven’t played with it much.