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I guess we all knew it would happen one day, but nice to see it in video form. It's certainly going to sell a bucketload of Raspberry Pi units - damm cheap, and fanless.
Interested to see is how well the video decoder on-board can handle the multiple of video formats that users will want to throw at it (DivX/h.264 variants and all things in-between), but I guess that will improve with time if needed anyway on the software side.....
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Just when I thought I was done building HTPC'S... I'll need to play with one or more of those. Maybe I can turn one of my others into a carputer...
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it is an interesting prospect but for a "pc" with only 256mb of ram im not too hopeful that it will run smooth.
especially on a large library such as mine.
for 35 bucks i will definitely get one to try it out.
im really biased on the subject of the micro pc cause i always build my systems with way more power than i need or will ever use.
anyways if they do actually turn out to work well ill be buying 1 for every tv in the house to replace the energy sucking over powered media pcs i am using right now.
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Ya, this will do well with H.264, but if you have straight BD rips, then you will need good VC1 and MPEG2 playback, and I am skeptical that it will be able to handle those nearly as well.
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Game changer, i think so. I'll be buying loads for friends and a couple for other rooms around the house.
Just wondering, why dont XBMC buy a bucket load of these, design a nice case for it, maybe bundle with a HDMI cable and Remote. And sell on as a plug and play media center.
That way, raspberry Pi will be making their profit, So will XBMC, and the average joe can get a the best media player of all time for fairly cheap. Especially compared to whats currently out there, eg, WDTV etc.
Just a thought, and id love to see what xbmc developers think of this.
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Initial orders are limited to one per person, so buying buckets of them isn't going to be in the cards for anyone for quite a while.