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        <title>Turning a Google TV Box into an Ad-Free Streamer and Family Photo Frame</title>
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        <summary type="html">How I used the open-source cleanyourtv project and Claude Code to strip the ads and telemetry off a used Xiaomi TV Box S, then added Jellyfin, a photo screensaver from Immich, remapped remote buttons, Home Assistant control and an ESP32 Bluetooth keyboard that wakes the box.</summary>
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