greybeard Wrote:I am one of those people who would like to see XBMC on Android tablets and Google TV devices. I have been running XBMC for several years on a 1st gen ATV. About a year ago I brought up an ASUS Ion system of some sort with Ubuntu 10.4 and XBMC. The wife acceptance factor (WAF) of both of those setups is very low, because everytime she turns on either of those systems it is likely to have changed state since it was turned off and she invariably has to navigate back to XBMC, which is obtuse in both of those setups. In frustration I bought an ATV2 as soon as Davilla and the boys got the beta XBMC going on it, and it is the best as far as WAF because I was able to simplify the menus and get everything we do not use (all the apple store crap) off the menus making it easier for her to find XBMC (as well as Netflix and Youtube).

My problem is that the ATV2 port does not support ISOs, and much of my video collection is 3 to 5 part documentaries that I captured and made dvds of years ago and which have not been indexed on thetvdb and I would rather have them under movies anyway. Furthermore, staying ahead of Steve Jobs' brickamatic marketing strategy is a pain. All the gyrations to jailbreak Apple products, prevent them from getting bricked by an auto-update, and to setup a restore plan is also more trouble than I want to deal with. I jb'ed the atv2, but I will not jb my wife's ipad and risk bricking it or cutting her off from the next upgrade of Huff Post. Besides, when IOS 5 comes out, JB'ing may become a much more difficult task, with all the IOS 5 devices tied together by the over the air update capability. (Reminds me of Gary's super network in Antitrust.)

I recently purchased a Toshiba Thrive 32G and would like to be able to run XBMC on it, particularly since it has a full-size HDMI port. I can access the XBMC DLNA server from the Thrive (which most of my other DLNA clients do not see), which is relatively good. I can also access my NAS with DLNA, but the DLink NAS makes me drill down 3 or 4 levels to the content, and does not show all of it for some reason.

What I really want is a horizontal form factor (many of the Ion PC's need to be vertical for cooling) that is an XBMC pure play and costs $200 or less. The Boxee Box is a non-starter because I want it to follow my indexing of video content rather than impose its own overly aggressive method which gets most of everything wrong. I also am an old fart who does not do any social networking or anything similar. 480P or 720P is good enough for me; most of my videos are MPG captured at 4Mbps. (Yes I do have a 52" Sony Bravia 1080P tv).

Then a couple of weeks ago Logitech dropped the price of the Revue to $99 and have recently announced a Honeycomb upgrade by the end of the Summer. I had a very negative experience with a Sony Google TV last Fall (no sound), but I might be willing to work a little harder to get sound working with a $99 box that ran XBMC.

Question: would a port to honeycomb work on both the ntegra tablets and the Logitech Revue, or would those have to be separate ports?

At $99 dollars, I would probably be willing to buy a honeycomb Revue once the software upgrade is available for someone who has proven they can carry out a port in the past.

rflores2323 Wrote:I just picked up a asus transformer

lefty420 Wrote:If you got the docking sation dont let the battery drain out it may never come back to life. There seems to be a hardware flaw I had to return mine a week after I got it for a refund, Asus told me to return it as there was no point fixing it.

SpenZerX Wrote:I think porting xbmc to Android is not necessary.

I have mounted all my media which i normally access from my xbmc htpc to my android tab.
There are a lot of apps that can play all the media files very comfortable. No need for xbmc. Only very high quality media (1080) is actually a problem. Its a wlan and/or tegra problem. Mkv,mp3,pdf,mp4,jpg...

What i have not found is an good app for movie file management and selection with imdb support...


PLEASE ADD TV SUPPORT TO XBMC BEFORE ANDROID SETTOP BOXES OR TABS/PHONES CONNECTED TO THE SCREEN WILL REPLACE THE HTPC AND XBMC.

SpenZerX

epoke Wrote:Recently a Korean company launched HD media player based on Android 2.3. link -> Valueplus Tizzbird
It has interesting specification. 1Ghz CPU, 2GB flash memory, hard disk installable, HDMI and componet video, coaxial and optical sound, USB 3.0. 3D interface based on Open GL-ES, full-HD video playback support(?). But it's price is not cheap in Korea(about US$ 230).
I think this will be a interesting machine for XBMC.

Quote:For $230, I can get an Ion based box.

epoke Wrote:Recently a Korean company launched HD media player based on Android 2.3. link -> Valueplus Tizzbird
It has interesting specification. 1Ghz CPU, 2GB flash memory, hard disk installable, HDMI and componet video, coaxial and optical sound, USB 3.0. 3D interface based on Open GL-ES, full-HD video playback support(?). But it's price is not cheap in Korea(about US$ 230).
I think this will be a interesting machine for XBMC.