2013-04-19, 13:01
Hi
I've done a quick search through the forum to see what people think of the Raspberry PI and the Justtop. Although I didn't find any results for Justtop, there are results for MK808. I'm hoping I can get some opinions on which is a better purchase between the Raspberry PI and the MK808. I have a budget of about £40 in total and intend to use it as a media player (Local video files, pictures, youtube, hopefully stream Lovefilm) and as a basic NAS/file share. I'd be adding a local drive to it from which I'll be playing the media. The NAS function is really so that I can play certain videos from my tablet and somewhere to store a copy of all our photos.
Raspberry - approx. £25
MK808 - approx. £34 inc. del (I hope the link is allowed - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009NNXY1W)
Raspberry PI Pros
Raspberry PI Cons
MK808 PI Pros
MK808 PI Cons
Probably not the best comparison but I'm at work at the moment and they are going to order some Raspberrys so I could save myself some delivery if I order mine in the same batch.
Thanks in advance for any help/guidance.
I've done a quick search through the forum to see what people think of the Raspberry PI and the Justtop. Although I didn't find any results for Justtop, there are results for MK808. I'm hoping I can get some opinions on which is a better purchase between the Raspberry PI and the MK808. I have a budget of about £40 in total and intend to use it as a media player (Local video files, pictures, youtube, hopefully stream Lovefilm) and as a basic NAS/file share. I'd be adding a local drive to it from which I'll be playing the media. The NAS function is really so that I can play certain videos from my tablet and somewhere to store a copy of all our photos.
Raspberry - approx. £25
MK808 - approx. £34 inc. del (I hope the link is allowed - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009NNXY1W)
Raspberry PI Pros
- Cheaper, but the accessories with the MK808 balance it out IMHO
- Has a 100MB LAN port - my TV is right next to the router, which I suppose makes it fine with WiFI on the MK808
- CEC support - I have a Toshiba with Regza so this sounds appealing
- More possibilities regarding OS (I think)
Raspberry PI Cons
- Need to purchase accessories, though I could probably put some stuff together from bits I got at home
- Many reports of it being sluggish and the network transfer speed being very slow
MK808 PI Pros
- Has everything needed to just work out of the box - though I'm sure some tweaking or updating will be in order
- Faster processor
MK808 PI Cons
- I'm not the biggest fan of Android (though I have a nexus 10, it keeps crashing)
- Reports of the WiFi not being very good for streaming media. Not too much of an issue as I plan to play videos off an external drive directly attached. But could be an issue for YouTube and Lovefilm
Probably not the best comparison but I'm at work at the moment and they are going to order some Raspberrys so I could save myself some delivery if I order mine in the same batch.
Thanks in advance for any help/guidance.