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* Linux friendly
* preferably intel cpu and gpu (as long as linux friendly broadcom?)
* no less than 2gigs ram
* case not necessary
* no less than dual core
* preferably 64bit but 32 bit ok
* connects to my TV
* need power adapter
MY PLAN
* boots x86 android
* boots Ubuntu
* runs xbmc, mythTV, ubuntuTV, game emulators, netflix on android
* main use is gaming and movie watching
I have seen some interesting setups in this forum but ... is there anything that is already put together? I was going to try to get the apple tv booting linux but it has no usb port. apple tv would have been perfect at 99$ . raspberri pi is never going to be available due to the high demand.
anything I can buy right now , all put together, that comes close to my specs?
thanks.
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Wow thank you so much. But I think you forgot the fan and power adaptor right? I don't mind building it myself . I just don't wanna get stuck needing something I forgot to order. Instead of celeron what about dual core atom? Might remove the need for a fan?
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thanks for all your guys help. I ended up going with just a $70 pc from amazon since I just want to use this to test stuff out and then possibly go bigger in the future. found a great deal on a dual core 2ghz with a small 80gig hd and only 525mb ram.
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You can get an apple tv gen 1and install xbmc on it etc...with crystalbuntu
Nvidia Shield with Kodi 18
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yeah, just go with appleTV1 or 2
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I picked up 2 workstations from work which were sitting in the 'recycling' pile, one was a IBM ThinkCentre M52 with Celeron D, the other was a Compaq SFF DC7600 with a P4 3Ghz HT.
Chucked a Nvidia GT210 in each, an MCE remote and XBMCBuntu with a few tweaks to get HDMI audio output. Both are extremely quiet, runs the default skin flawlessly with my 3TB library over Samba, and plays 1080p content with CPU usage sitting below 25%.
Coupled this with my Tivo unit in the lounge transferring recordings and it's the perfect extension to my lounge setup (actually better).
I'm very happy with these setups, i've got one in my bedroom connected via ethernet which I use most nights, and just finished building the other which i'm going to take around to my brother so he has something to use in his lounge.
Now i'm on the lookout for another to go in my lounge so I don't have to use my PS3 to stream all my content, which is a bit cumbersome compared to xbmc without the pretty UI.
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2013-09-10, 02:25
(This post was last modified: 2013-09-10, 02:25 by noggin.)
I had an Apple TV1 with a Broadcom card, and it worked pretty well, apart from not playing interlaced content (like VIDEO_TS/ISOs from DVDs and .ts and .wtv recordings made of tv shows) Has that been fixed?
I've run Raspberry Pis and the ATV1 was definitely a bit snappier in UI terms - but the video handling on the Pi (including interlaced content) was possibly a little bit better.