2016-02-28, 00:05
Somebody recently gave me a ZoomTak T5 to play with and it turns out to be "...one of many dreaded "fully loaded" piracy boxes...".
Ok... so we don't want any part of *that*....
But I like the concept: little black box under my TV to aggregate and play media stuff from the web.... even just having Chrome available on my TV makes a couple hundred bucks seem reasonable.
So I want to buy something - but what ?
In the absence of any recommendations, I would get a plain-vanilla, "unloaded" ZoomTak T8 - just because the T5 seemed to have the basics,, albeit with insufficient screen rez.
But when I Google for ZoomTak vendors, it gets confusing - seems like a ZoomTak T8 is not always a ZoomTak T8.... too many flavors for one who is easily confused; and I do not want to wind up with another piracy box even so I could probably do a factory reset or something and rebuild it plain-vanilla.... but that might be above my pay grade, and why go through it in the first place?
So, bottom line.... can anybody recommend something that they know and love ?
Must-Haves:
Nice-To-Haves:
Ok... so we don't want any part of *that*....
But I like the concept: little black box under my TV to aggregate and play media stuff from the web.... even just having Chrome available on my TV makes a couple hundred bucks seem reasonable.
So I want to buy something - but what ?
In the absence of any recommendations, I would get a plain-vanilla, "unloaded" ZoomTak T8 - just because the T5 seemed to have the basics,, albeit with insufficient screen rez.
But when I Google for ZoomTak vendors, it gets confusing - seems like a ZoomTak T8 is not always a ZoomTak T8.... too many flavors for one who is easily confused; and I do not want to wind up with another piracy box even so I could probably do a factory reset or something and rebuild it plain-vanilla.... but that might be above my pay grade, and why go through it in the first place?
So, bottom line.... can anybody recommend something that they know and love ?
Must-Haves:
- Kodi-Friendly
.
- At Least 2 USB-3 Ports
.
- Built-in BlueTooth
.
- Ethernet port
.
- 1920x1080 Video
.
- HDMI Output
.
- No Moving Parts (i.e. silent - no fans)
.
- Simple form factor. i.e. a flat box and not some sculpture-like tower
Nice-To-Haves:
- Maximum Horsepower (so Chrome and Kodi do not stumble)
.
- Maximum Memory (i.e. can be loaded up with plenty apps)
.
- Ability to have an SDD installed (dunno why... just seems like a good idea on GPs)