Devoted Apple hater as I am, even I have to admit that they managed to do * something* right with the Apple TV. Probably by accident :D
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> wrote: > Pi looks promising indeed. It could do with WiFi, but apart from that I > think the rest one can work with. > > Popcorn Hour is new to me, and certainly looks interesting, and it seems > that apart from the odd bug, usability is not bad. The thing with most of > these boxes that is perhaps less appealing is the seeming emphasis on > death-by-feature-set. Also if I got this right, the price is on the order > of $200? Jailbroken AppleTv is $99 (~350k in UG) + a bit of time/effort. > With the open source XBMC installed, it's a little black gem. And of course > because it does WiFi, fewer extra wires added, which is gratifying. > > P. > > > On Jan 08, 2012, at 14:46, [email protected] wrote: > > True, the Pi is a low cost PC. And it's quite suitable as a media centre. > I have a Popcorn Hour, and I eventually had to abandon it for a home-built > media server due to poor customer support, lacking firmware upgrades, > unbelievably buggy NFS support, and not many customisation options. It is a > Linux powered box only in name (as opposed to in spirit), trust me; the way > it handles things on the inside totally defies any standards observed in > other Linux distributions. > > That said, if you are simply looking for a good and easy to use media > centre and plan to play media only from locally connected drives (SATA or > USB), then Popcorn Hour is a really good choice, and I recommend it. > However, if it is the Linux aspect of the device pickling your curiosity, > don't bother. Then there are both cheaper and better alternatives for you > out there. > -- > Skickat från min Android-telefon med K-9 E-post. Ursäkta min fåordighet. > > "Peter C. Ndikuwera" <[email protected]> skrev: >> >> Reading through the raspberrypi site now but it doesn't seem to be a >> media player, more a low cost PC. Am I wrong? >> >> Popcorn Hour (http://www.popcornhour.com) makes a great full 1080p >> Linux-based media player. Like all Linux-based devices it has some quirks >> in the buy-it-and-start-using-it-immediately department, but with a little >> configuring my Linux-unfriendly wife uses it to play music, view photos, >> watch movies with zero problems. >> >> Her only problems come when I get bored and start trying to install >> unnecessary stuff like python & tinyproxy! >> >> P. >> >> Other options are the Boxee Box from D-Link and Roku's many media player >> options. >> >> -- >> Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable >> events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one >> is given credit. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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