[ale] OT: media box

[dev null zero two]

amazon fire tv stick is about the same price and can also run kodi + native
apps + sideloaded android apps and it comes with a remote. only downside is
no actual Linux.

Sent from my mobile. Please excuse the brevity, spelling, and punctuation.
On Nov 25, 2015 10:06 AM, "Preston" <preston.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's hard to beat Kodi on a Raspberry Pi II. May not be exactly what
> you're looking for, but look on YouTube for some vids. I'm close to
> replacing my Patriot Box Office with one for my movie room.
>
> Preston
>
> On 11/25/2015 8:24 AM, Boris Borisov wrote:
> > We have discuss did in he past but lets go one more time. What would you
> > get for media box at home? I had different dedicated media players and
> > now I have windows PC which is no longer capable with running my kids
> > games :) While the E8400 CPU is capable of running 1080p content and the
> > box itself is relatively low noise for a desktop, still the box is huge
> > and power consumption is also factor.
> >
> > So I'm thinking of going green of sort.
> >
> > I have one multimedia android 4.0.4 box which has Ethernet and WiFi.
> > WiFi sucks big time and cannot hold connection. Also some apps works
> > fine some does not when playing multimedia content.
> >
> > Idea is to get one of very small factor PC. I was looking at Zotac mini
> > PC forms.
> >
> > Which one would you pick. Brand, form factor, CPU/GPU, even running OS ?
> >
> >
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