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Which will have better sound capabilities? TLBB or a Rpi?
I have a 5.1 Home Theatre system. HDMI connected - with files of all types of sound and codecs. I'd like the best type of sound and vision quality through it.
Thanks
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2013-08-15, 15:27
(This post was last modified: 2013-08-15, 15:27 by equine80.)
pardon my ignorance... but what is TLBB?
nevermind... i followed the link and found that it's The Little Black Box.
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2013-08-15, 18:54
(This post was last modified: 2013-08-15, 18:57 by binaryjay.)
For me it is an HP Thin Client T5740 kit I found for $70 brand new. I added a 7015 CrystalHD decoder replacing the Wireless N card in the mini-PCI for $25, adapter/cable/4gb microdrive (flash wears out too fast) from eBay so total cost around $100.
Atom N280 1.66ghz hyperthreaded, 2GB RAM (expandable, two ddr3 sodimm slots), internal PCI-E and SATA ports, Gigabit Ethernet, 8 USB ports, DisplayPort (DP->HDMI adapter). Running arch linux serves HTPC and NAS/Home Server uses beautifully. Only issue is GL40 chipset does not support HD audio codec bitstreaming but... I can overlook that. A lot of flexibility in this platform being x86, does take some work to build up arch from scratch to do everything you want but if you just want something that does XBMC and nothing else it will run openelec without you needing to know anything. Thanks to the crystalhd it has no problem at all with high bitrate 1080p content.
Really hard to beat for the money, ymmv if you can find this model cheap enough though. I am not a fan of the android based devices as they are too inflexible for my needs. I really much prefer something closer to a traditional PC. Way better than the Pi in terms of power and performance for general tasks and expandability options etc. Biggest issue, which isn't one yet... is that it is x86 only, the last Atom that was... so if Arch ever does drop i686 support then it becomes more painful to keep up to date as you're stuck building everything yourself.
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I say Chromebox, just add ubuntu crystalHD (if necessary) and remote
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2013-08-16, 07:45
(This post was last modified: 2013-08-16, 07:46 by Ned Scott.)
(2013-08-15, 12:06)MilhouseVH Wrote: (2013-08-07, 23:15)jonc22 Wrote: What about apple tv 1 or 2
Aren't they both limited to 720p output (GUI and video)? For all its other faults, at least the Pi can output 1080p...
Apple TV 1 under linux can do full 1080 output.
(2013-08-16, 05:53)tekno Wrote: As for the Pi, the third party licence for codecs is a farce, and you can forget making it into an airprint server or any of the extras that you can do on ATV1
I'm a total fan of the ATV1, but I should point out, I've turned my Raspberry Pi into an AirPrint server before....