On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Per Jessen <per@computer.org> wrote:
If you want an interesting 100% silent computer for a livingroom media centre, check out the MK808 (search for it on Amazon). Runs Android, and is the size of a USB stick. HDMI out, USB powered (so if you've got USB on your TV, you can power it direct from the TV). I've got one, and with XBMC, it's pretty good (especially for the price).
EUR70 - yes, that's not bad. Does it do full-HDTV ? I'l have to try out this XBMC thing, I guess it works with MythTV too?
If you look around a little, you should be able to get it for closer to 45 Eur (I got mine, non-Bluetooth version, out of the NL, and that's what I paid). The HDMI output is 1080p,, so that counts as full HD. There is a MythTV Frontend for Android. I've never tried it since XBMC works good enough with my local network (media on NAS, XBMC as the player/indexer), and it has plugins for various streaming services over the internet (1channel for example). It's not.. perfect. If you try to push high bit rate (like BlueRay content) through it, it will struggle. The A9 CPU is only 1.2GHz (can be overclocked though) so it's not a powerhouse. There are loads of reviews and videos on it showing it running XBMC and comments on its performance etc. For me, at 45 Eur, it was a good buy, and it's my primary media center at home, and I take it with me when I travel (I plug it into the hotel TV, and use hotel WiFi to stream content such as Hulu or Netflix in the US or 1channel elsewhere). It doesn't have an RS232 port though :-P Just USB. C. -- openSUSE 12.3 x86_64, KDE 4.10 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org