(2015-01-14, 17:46)Sniffer77 Wrote: Lol don't really understand what you said so guess there not important .
I've had a pi and even though clocked it was too slow especially now I'm used to a entry level nuc
Thanks
If you care or notice picture quality they're quite important...
In Europe we broadcast TV and release DVDs at 50Hz. To watch them without juddering you need to replay them at 50Hz and feed them to your TV at 50Hz, which will then display them at 50Hz (or a multiple) to give you smooth motion. Stuff like iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and any UK TV shows you buy on DVD, or acquire through other means, will be at 25/50Hz and thus for decent quality replay you will need to play them at 50Hz.
Blu-ray movies, and lots of other content you may wish to watch, will be at 23.976Hz (sometimes called 24p) and to display these you ideally need to output them at 23.976Hz IF your TV supports native display at that refresh rate, or if not you output them at 59.94Hz (sometimes called 60Hz) with just a basic 3:2 repetition which adds a fixed judder but is the least-worst option if your TV doesn't support 23.976Hz display.
Some other US content is shot 29.97 or 59.94 and needs to be displayed at 59.94Hz for best quality.
All European/UK HDTVs will accept 50Hz and 59.94Hz inputs - and Kodi on Intel platforms and the Raspberry Pi supports automatic refresh rate switching - so it changes the output frequency between 50, 59.94/60 and 23.976/24 IF your TV supports these modes (it's an option in settings that you need to enable). The result is really good quality video playback.
Android platforms don't currently support automatic refresh rate switching. Some boxes are fixed permanently at 60Hz - meaning you get judder on all European content and 3:2 judder on 23.976Hz whether your TV accepts it or not. Others need you to manually edit the Android Display settings to change the refresh rate manually - which gets VERY boring VERY quickly.
The other thing that Android platforms are not good at is deinterlacing. If you only watch movies and 'film look' drama then this isn't an issue. However if you watch sport, entertainment, Live TV etc. then de-interlacing is really important as without it you get a picture that is jerky (as it is being displayed at half the frame rate it should be) and possibly covered with combing artefacts (where movement breaks up into lines)
(2015-01-15, 10:09)glypto Wrote: I have Nuc with CPU 1037u from Ali express, mine cannot be powered on via remote, apart from that it is OK.
I also owned RPI - it has excellent video playback, GUI is little bit slow.
I did setup Chromebox (the celeron one) for my brother and it is an excellent device, shold be < £200
The 1037U has the 24p bug - so if you don't like repeated frame judder then that isn't a good solution.
The Chromebox is based on the 2955U which doesn't have that bug, and is a very good solution. With the latest OpenElec builds you get very high quality de-interlacing (VAAPI MCDI) as well - which is brilliant. Main benefit of the NUCs over this is that they have integrated IR remote receivers and can be powered on from off, rather than just standby.
