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I don't see any quad core stuff.
Someone said the mx2 box works but its android. Jynx box? For me the intel might be the way to go. However a friend wants to stay around $100
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For the $100 crowd that Apple created (if they would just allow an app store for the Apple TV it would pretty much dominate most households), this is what I wrote in another thread:
You can either spend ~$200 and get something small, silent-ish, and capable of running a bug free Openelec (celeron NUC + 2GB ram + USB drive)...
Or you can spend $100 and get an android device that may have bugs/limitations... or an old big, loud, craigslist (used) PC (plus video card) capable of running a bug free Openelec\XBMCbuntu.
I don't believe the $100 small, silent, powerful, bug free client exists yet... at least not without a jailbreak and a few months of time.
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Be great if they JB the atv3 but its been a long time.
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2013-06-27, 03:34
(This post was last modified: 2013-06-27, 03:36 by calev.)
Ive been using the Ouya for two days now and couldn't be happier. Its android but its faster the my apple tv 1 plus it has netflix and hbo go.
Edit: Thought i should mention my ATV is running linux not osx and ouya is still faster.
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Could be a nice box. I can't find specs on it anywhere though.
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Quad-core nvidia tegra 3 (1.7 GH), one gig of ram, blue-tooth WiFi Ethernet. Usb but no sd card slot. It should get plenty of support since bestbuy, target, and gamespot carry it. Not as cheap feeling as android sticks.
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I have had experience using the mk808 the pivos and Apple TV 2.
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I would say it should be faster than all those. Feels about as fast as my intel atom d525 in xbmc.
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What is the Raspberry PI? Someone said it was a great little box and fast. IS there more then 1 model?
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Oh I should know to do that. Sorry
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2013-06-28, 09:05
(This post was last modified: 2013-06-28, 09:06 by twelvebore.)
Be aware that of all the things that the Raspberry PI is, fast is not one of them.
It's fast enough, for some people, under some circumstances.
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I wish everyone could agree on something.
I looked at the intel nuc but it seems expensive for what you get. And if you get the more expensive one by the time you add everything you could get a Mac mini for the same price.
