[Elr0ndK]

Hello all, I'm looking for a good device to play my network shared files (via Samba and hopefully also DLNA) and as I know XBMC is a great media player.

My only requirements is that it should have good performances via wifi considering that my home network have good performances.

Currently I'm not planning any budget, but I would like to save money as more as I can.



Basically I'm evaluating: Raspberry PI, the only one on which I'm informed. But there are no reasons to ignore some other devices.



Could you please suggest me some good devices?

Thank you.

Edit: I forget to write that real 1080p is a must.

[teki4u]

This has been asked several times, you should go page by page and read the titles or google like "Best bang for your buck xbmc" , "Best device for xbmc" and so on then add next to it 2014 and bang you will have plenty of fresh info.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=193424

[Elr0ndK]

Raspberry PI was my choice and it does what I need.

My bundle is:
- Raspberry PI
- Clear Case
- 5V Power Supply (2100 mAh)
53€ shipping included.

I had a 4GB SDHC (Class 4) to install the OS. Nothing else needed.

Very cheap, very good!

[renbello]

Mine:

- Airport Express acting as a range extender as well as adding an additional 5GHz wifi access point bridged to the local domain.

- Intel nuc XBMC; connecting to the additional wifi signal so it won't clog bandwidth on the main wifi when its streaming TV.

- HD TV/media net cast over wifi using OpenElec on a Raspberry Pi as the server. OpenElec includes the Tvheadend web interface based PVR backendr) .

Works seamlessly, but not that cheap (over $350):

$50 for the Raspberry Pi
$50 for the 64GB high-speed SDHC card
$30 for the R-Pi power supply
$100 for the USB TV tuner
$120 for the Airport Express
$5 for the Cat 6 network patch cable

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[renbello]

Airport Express configuration:
- Allow Apple software to first set up a generic "extend a wireless network"
- Then change the SSID of the 5GHz wifi (this should automatically put the 'extended' and renamed 5GHz wifi on a different channel)
- Connect your XBMC front end (and only that device) to the new 5GHz SSID wifi to make sure XBMC connects to directly to the extender
- Media server connected directly to the extender by cable