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noshua |
posted on 11th Jul 13 at 21:12 |
Lazy cunts (Whittie). | |
Dom |
posted on 11th Jul 13 at 14:50 |
RPi (there are a few other boards similar to the RPi that'll handle XBMC), WDTV, Boxee, Roku, Chinese Android special, second hand Popcorn hour perhaps or one of the bottom end Dune HD players. | |
willay |
posted on 11th Jul 13 at 14:35 |
Hiiia, wanna hijack this thread. | |
Ian W |
posted on 8th Jul 13 at 17:55 |
I've run my original D-Link Boxee Box for a few years now. | |
Dom |
posted on 8th Jul 13 at 17:29 |
quote: There's various flavours of XBMC, Windows/Linux/Mac/Android/XBMC based OS's etc etc, so yeah you can stick it on pretty much anything. Although a Microserver wouldn't be my first choice considering it's a little bit noisy and not particularly power efficient; granted a windows/mac install opens you up to a few more XBMC features/plugins (ie: Netflix/Amazon/LoveFilm, web browsers etc). | |
Whittie |
posted on 8th Jul 13 at 11:39 |
It freezes all the time. | |
LeeM |
posted on 8th Jul 13 at 11:32 |
what about a jailbroken apple tv 2? | |
Dom |
posted on 8th Jul 13 at 11:00 |
quote: People say it's a lot of pissing about but it's actually pretty straight forward - 30 second job getting Raspbmc/OpenElec on a SD Card, it's then just a case of sticking it in the RPi letting it install and then configuring XBMC to your liking as you would with any other XBMC install. If you want to spunk cash at something then as said, look at Dune media players. | |
Brett |
posted on 8th Jul 13 at 10:54 |
I couldn't be assed with the hassle either :lol: | |
Whittie |
posted on 8th Jul 13 at 10:52 |
Looked into pi's, its a lot of pissing about isn't it...? | |
Dom |
posted on 8th Jul 13 at 10:43 |
quote: It's £25 for the board; if you need a PSU, SD Card, Hdmi cable or case then sure, it's going to cost you a few quid more (all bits can be had for £15-20 tops) but most people have those bits lying around. Either way, it's still one of the cheapest methods of getting a dedicated media player. Alternatively you have those Chinese special Android devices. quote: Dedicated media remote is around £8-15 quid off eBay, alternatively just use your phone with a free remote app (like Yatse etc) :nod: [Edited on 08-07-2013 by Dom] | |
Brett |
posted on 8th Jul 13 at 10:35 |
It doesn't really end at £25 does it Dom? I guess you could try it out for that, although you'd need power wouldn't you? When I was looking, the remotes were fucking dearer than the RPi :| | |
Dom |
posted on 8th Jul 13 at 10:31 |
Try a RPi and see how you get on; it's only £25 and if you don't like it then no doubt you'll find other uses for it. | |
Whittie |
posted on 8th Jul 13 at 09:33 |
I've had a Popcorn Hour c200 for a little while, PSU went a few weeks back after not using it for months, i'll order one this week and fix it, but i'm not entirely sure I want to keep the box itself. |