2014-10-04, 01:38
I picked XBMC up maybe a month ago, and have fallen completely in love with it. This program consumes a good portion of my days with the tweaking and such, and I finally have it about where I want it. However, that being said, I am completely lost when it comes to HTPC. I hadn't even heard the term before this past month, and now all I've been able to think about is a home theater set up.
My question is, (or request?) is there a box, that I can put XBMC onto (Kodi when it comes fully out), that can hook into my TV and, in a word, stream XBMC to the TV? I realize there are devices out there, the amazon box, raspberry pi, etc, however, I would like to be 100% positive what I'm getting will do what I need, and it seems very difficult to figure these things out unless you have been into the scene a while.
I have an external hard drive with all of my movies onto it. It is a 3TB drive, and is usb powered. I need a box that can support USB external drives, because that is where all of my information is stored.
My TV is nothing special, it is a 32 IN non-smart TV. It has the slot for HDMI, and so I assume that's where I would plug the box into.
Maybe I'm making this all more complicated than it is, I just didn't want to purchase something online, have it ship here, open it up and find out that I cannot use it on my peasent-like set up. I apologize in advance if this seems really ridiculous, and on a final note, thank you for your help!
Edit Edit- I would like to just be able to buy something, open the box, and pretty much be good to go. I already have XBMC installed on my laptop, and a portable version on the external hard drive. Amazon has a few devices with XBMC preinstalled, but I am not sure if they will read all of my files. I do not know all of the techinical jargan that goes with an 'htpc' as this would be my first attmempt. I can answer hopefully all questions. Thanks again!
EDIT- More information;
The TV is 720, however, we are buying a 60 inch 1080 next month (Black Friday).
The ones I've looked at so far, and cannot tell heads from tails about:
G-Box Midnight MX2 Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Dual Core XBMC Streaming Mini HTPC TV Box Player -Amazon.com
EzMediaXperience MX3 Android 4.4 Quad Core 2G/8G fully loaded XBMC 4k TV Box - Amazon.com
TL;DR kind of version-
Need a (HT?)PC that can run XBMC, nothing else (No amazonplus, no netflix, but obviously I won't comaplin if it comes with) and that will allow me to plug a 3TB external hard drive into it to read the movies.
My question is, (or request?) is there a box, that I can put XBMC onto (Kodi when it comes fully out), that can hook into my TV and, in a word, stream XBMC to the TV? I realize there are devices out there, the amazon box, raspberry pi, etc, however, I would like to be 100% positive what I'm getting will do what I need, and it seems very difficult to figure these things out unless you have been into the scene a while.
I have an external hard drive with all of my movies onto it. It is a 3TB drive, and is usb powered. I need a box that can support USB external drives, because that is where all of my information is stored.
My TV is nothing special, it is a 32 IN non-smart TV. It has the slot for HDMI, and so I assume that's where I would plug the box into.
Maybe I'm making this all more complicated than it is, I just didn't want to purchase something online, have it ship here, open it up and find out that I cannot use it on my peasent-like set up. I apologize in advance if this seems really ridiculous, and on a final note, thank you for your help!
Edit Edit- I would like to just be able to buy something, open the box, and pretty much be good to go. I already have XBMC installed on my laptop, and a portable version on the external hard drive. Amazon has a few devices with XBMC preinstalled, but I am not sure if they will read all of my files. I do not know all of the techinical jargan that goes with an 'htpc' as this would be my first attmempt. I can answer hopefully all questions. Thanks again!
EDIT- More information;
The TV is 720, however, we are buying a 60 inch 1080 next month (Black Friday).
The ones I've looked at so far, and cannot tell heads from tails about:
G-Box Midnight MX2 Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Dual Core XBMC Streaming Mini HTPC TV Box Player -Amazon.com
EzMediaXperience MX3 Android 4.4 Quad Core 2G/8G fully loaded XBMC 4k TV Box - Amazon.com
TL;DR kind of version-
Need a (HT?)PC that can run XBMC, nothing else (No amazonplus, no netflix, but obviously I won't comaplin if it comes with) and that will allow me to plug a 3TB external hard drive into it to read the movies.
