2015-02-14, 01:23
If your considering a Cubox please read this review from a knowledgable owner first:
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=...pid1923113
http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=...pid1923113
(2015-02-14, 00:14)rodalpho Wrote: Doesn't that have an old (pre bay-trail) atom CPU? I wouldn't buy that under any circumstances.
This thread was actually necroed from a year ago. The best el-cheapo Kodi device right now is the $40 amazon firetv stick.
(2015-02-13, 20:11)XELOR Wrote: What is better? CuBox-i4Pro or Acer Revo 3610 for 1080p movies? I have to setup a box for my Dad and wonder whats better?
Revo cost $200CDN
(2015-02-14, 01:02)XELOR Wrote: I have three of these running openelec 5.0.2 and they run perfectly. I use an sql server to link them to the db. I just figured if that little cubox could replace this unit it'd be cool.Never said it wouldn't work, many thousands of people ran XBMC on those little guys. But with the chromebox available, you'd have to be crazy to get one now.
Quote:Other people will chime in and say "get the Odroid C1 because it does h265" ... but really the h265 format is not going to replace h264 for many years, because so little hardware supports it right now, and it will take time for consumers to replace their existing hardware with hardware which natively supports h265.
(2015-02-14, 16:22)jjd-uk Wrote: For media centre usage the important thing is hardware decode abilities and I would suspect the Intel GPU as being better this regard, plus a Haswell Celeron will destroy that old Atom in terms of CPU power which is important for GUI fluidity.
(2015-02-16, 19:50)musv Wrote: I have also a HTPC with ION2. But there's one issue with that hardware, which I suffer now for more than 3 years.Interesting, I have never seen this problem on any setup - I have used an ION1, four ION2, and various machines with nVidia cards including 8400, 220 and 520. On LG, Samsung and Panasonic TVs.
The whole story is described here.