(2021-10-05, 08:32)miroshi Wrote: I use Kodi on 43" Philips Android TV model 2019. It has 2 GB ram and has no problems to play 4k HDR videos. The only problem is its HDMIs are, ARC, but not eARC, so it can not passthrow TrueHD and DTS-X to my receiver. Oh and its internal memory is only 5 GB.
Except that you are not missing (only) eARC
but a less restrictive TV firmware. ( Yes, for sure, hardware limitation comes first BUT even with eARC, there's no TrueHD Pass-through, on newer Philips models. Only RAW decoder gets detected, not the IEC, and that doesn't let internal apps pass through True HD. Kodi and Plex both affected. Internal TV player refuses to play at all). I'll make a new thread about the Philips latest series OLED. Part of my upgrade was because I had ARC only just like you and though eARC would solve everything..so naive of me.
But yes, on topic, a smart TV with android will do Kodi. With the already discussed limitations.
Bandwidth issues for setup with NAS (brand or custom built) for NFS, with high bitrate movies can easily be solved with AdvancedSettings.xml, enabling caching for network streaming. With a decent router and even Wi-Fi n, 512 MB ram dedicated for Kodi caching is enough. High Speed USB storage (for TV with USB3) can also work for caching Kodi on disk. DO NOT CACHE IT ON TV FLASH THO.
TV's Ethernet 100mbps does worse than Dual Wi-Fi n. I know of no tv with gigabit ethernet.
Some TV can accept USB3 to Ethernet adapters (latest Philips series with android 10 does), for getting closer to gigabit.