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xtract47 · 2016-10-04, 20:11

Hi, I am new on the forum and I am thinking about buying an intel based platform for kodi, as I want to be able to run smoothly for a long time. I have just seen the Vorke V1, a chinese miniPC with J3160 for, about 160€. I think there should not be any problem with it, right? I could also buy the J3160DC-ITX but when I consider I have to buy enclousure, ssd and ram the price increases considerably. The only problem, it is not fanless.

feathers · 2016-10-05, 04:06

Wait until the next generation of these devices if you want proper 10-bit HEVC support for the future.

szymon · 2016-10-05, 15:17

xtract47 better wait or buy some androidbox.
My J3710 is fine, especially on Kodi 17; 1080p 10-bit hevc is fine most of the time but 4k is a mess. If you want something for a long time you should get something capable of playing 4k and 10bit hevc effortlessly, and J3700/3160 is definitely struggling here. Otherwise it's great; low power, no-noise, no driver issues.
Or you can buy a micro-ATX version with PCIe 16 and upgrade it later with some decent graphic card that supports hevc and 4k decoding.

xtract47 · 2016-10-05, 15:30

(2016-10-05, 15:17)szymon Wrote: xtract47 better wait or buy some androidbox.
My J3710 is fine, especially on Kodi 17; 1080p 10-bit hevc is fine most of the time but 4k is a mess. If you want something for a long time you should get something capable of playing 4k and 10bit hevc effortlessly, and J3700/3160 is definitely struggling here. Otherwise it's great; low power, no-noise, no driver issues.
Or you can buy a micro-ATX version with PCIe 16 and upgrade it later with some decent graphic card that supports hevc and 4k decoding.

have you tried openelec? I am thinking on getting the android TV mi box, which supports 4k, netflix, torrent, games, etc, but then I would loose PVR and ethernet gigabit (I do not know if usb converter would rieach 1000 Mbps).

I am starting to think that it is not possible to get something which has it all: Gigabit, 4k, kodi, extra software, upgradable, netflix, pvr... maybe wetek play 2?

szymon · 2016-10-05, 15:48

As far as Kodi is concerned I tried some cheap Android box from Aliexpress; if I remember correctly it had a S905 chipset, hdmi 2.0 and a gigabit net, and it costed $20-30. Overall it was great, 4k, hevc, you name it, all was blazing fast and smooth. Games and torrenting shouldn't be a problem either.