I picked up a $50 Nexus Player (Android TV OS) last month for this purpose. It replaced a first generation Raspberry Pi B that was actually pretty decent as a Kodi box (I used the Xbian distro).<p>So far I&#x27;m really happy with the Nexus Player. I like that it gets Android TV apps (like Kodi and Moonlight for game streaming from my desktop) and also supports Google Cast. It also has a usb port that supports things like keyboards, ethernet, external disks, etc with a usb hub.<p>I also strongly considered the Nvidia Shield TV (also Android TV OS). It&#x27;s $200 with a lot better hardware, getting good reviews, supports 4k, and apparently can decode H265 in hardware.