[Sniffer77]

Any guidance welcome

[teki4u]

I have an asus chromebox with Windows 10 and same as you i was looking for an upgrade, i opened my own thread too.
After too much research my final options were: the new MSI or Asrock Beebox Kaby Lake Mini PCs as no equivalent Intel NUC available yet (just for the sake of 4k hevc 10 bit and future proof, but i will just use up to 1080p as no 4k tv yet) for around $300 and the Nvidia Shield TV.
As my budget was limited and i wanted something more TV and family friendly i went with the Nvidia Shield. Don't have it yet but i think i took the best decision because web apps on Windows or Linux is not the same feeling than with Android TV.

Hope it helps!

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[sunnyfunny]

Intel Apollo Lake could be the right choice for you.

[teki4u]

Right, if kodi only usage like libreelec then Apollo Lake would be good for him but also the Shield.

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[Sniffer77]

Thanks both for the replies .

Can you tell me is apollo lake available now ? And what are the prices? I've had a Google but can't find that much info
Many thanks

[Geekzilla]

The 2820 NUC has also been my main rock solid kodi system for years including giving a few away to family. I also have a Shield and Odroid C2 which I have dabbled in with kodi for 4k playback. Occasional issues on android deemed the Shield unacceptable. Odroid C2 was pretty good but choked on some ultra large >100GB rips. I will be buying the Apollo Lake NUC as soon as it's released. You just can't beat the 'it just works' mentality of the Intel NUC's with Libreelec.

[Sniffer77]

The 2820 NUC has also been my main rock solid kodi system for years including giving a few away to family. I also have a Shield and Odroid C2 which I have dabbled in with kodi for 4k playback. Occasional issues on android deemed the Shield unacceptable. Odroid C2 was pretty good but choked on some ultra large >100GB rips. I will be buying the Apollo Lake NUC as soon as it's released. You just can't beat the 'it just works' mentality of the Intel NUC's with Libreelec.

Yeah I can't fault my dn2820 either, for the money it's been awesome . Do you know approx what the apollo lake nuc is going to cost?
Do you think it will be similar to the dn2820 or more the i3, i5 prices ?
Thanks

[teki4u]

High end NUCs like KBL, SKL are relased as i3, i5 and i7 only and low end NUCs come with Celeron and Pentium processors
Kaby Lake mini pcs (and i bet nuc aswell) cost around $300 barebones so i think Apollo Lake mini pcs will be around the $200-$250 range.
Apollo lake has same GPU power as the Kaby Lake but a poor CPU usually "Nxxxx" which are based on Atom architecture.

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[Sniffer77]

[quote='Veronica' pid='2495330' dateline='1483796785']
High end NUCs like KBL, SKL are relased as i3, i5 and i7 only and low end NUCs come with Celeron and Pentium processors
Kaby Lake mini pcs (and i bet nuc aswell) cost around $300 barebones so i think Apollo Lake mini pcs will be around the $200-$250 range.
Apollo lake has same GPU power as the Kaby Lake but a poor CPU usually "Nxxxx" which are based on Atom architecture.

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Thanks Veronica , think I will wait until the apollo lake is released

[Geekzilla]

I'm expecting $180 range in USA.

[Topken]

Check the later pages of this thread to figure out whats out

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=270298