(2015-01-30, 12:11)zag Wrote: Just a reminder to people to keep this thread on topic about the Vero hardware box.

(2015-02-03, 22:19)stefcon1 Wrote: I think a lot of you are missing the point though. There are a lot of very knowledgeable people on here who wouldn't dream of paying £130 for a device they themselves can get up and running for less than half that price, but not everyone has the know how and as kodi becomes more mainstream and popular, then people will happily pay that price for a plug and play option. They happily pay hundreds of pounds for a mobile phone and tens of pounds a month for a contract.

I'm more in the plug and play camp at the moment because i don't yet have the knowledge or desire to buy a box of parts and spend time assembling it, then spending hours and hours tweaking and geeking said device. A lot of you like the challenge of getting as much as you can out of as little as possible and that's fine, but not everyone wants that.

I could just go and pay £80 for a fire TV i suppose, but i admire people who have a go at stuff and i'd rather pay the extra to them than give Amazon a few more pounds to add to their billions.

Remember also that a Chromebox is £175 in the UK and the fact that Vero ships from the UK is of particular interest to me. Depends what you are looking for. Horses for courses.

(2015-02-04, 18:09)fritsch Wrote: Appstore is a special packaged debian repository. So you can install prebuild "apps" via established debian system. It's a nice idea of providing packages concerning dependencies and so on. "Appstore" is marketing, though :-)

(2015-02-04, 14:17)wrxtasy Wrote: /Rant ON

Jesus guys, talk about hijacking a thread and getting way off topic
Now we are on to discussing Chromebox setups and availability.

As if there were not already enough threads regarding info on the Chromebox, you have a large number to choose from!

Fellow members deserve a little bit more respect don't you think ?
Kindly take this topic somewhere else !

/Rant OFF

(2015-02-04, 16:01)Mark142 Wrote:

(2015-02-03, 22:19)stefcon1 Wrote: I think a lot of you are missing the point though. There are a lot of very knowledgeable people on here who wouldn't dream of paying £130 for a device they themselves can get up and running for less than half that price, but not everyone has the know how and as kodi becomes more mainstream and popular, then people will happily pay that price for a plug and play option. They happily pay hundreds of pounds for a mobile phone and tens of pounds a month for a contract.

I'm more in the plug and play camp at the moment because i don't yet have the knowledge or desire to buy a box of parts and spend time assembling it, then spending hours and hours tweaking and geeking said device. A lot of you like the challenge of getting as much as you can out of as little as possible and that's fine, but not everyone wants that.

I could just go and pay £80 for a fire TV i suppose, but i admire people who have a go at stuff and i'd rather pay the extra to them than give Amazon a few more pounds to add to their billions.

Remember also that a Chromebox is £175 in the UK and the fact that Vero ships from the UK is of particular interest to me. Depends what you are looking for. Horses for courses.

Vero is now showing as £135 on the OSMC shop page. Seems to be creeping up in price

https://osmc.tv/product/vero/

(2015-02-04, 18:09)fritsch Wrote: Appstore is a special packaged debian repository. So you can install prebuild "apps" via established debian system. It's a nice idea of providing packages concerning dependencies and so on. "Appstore" is marketing, though :-)

(2015-02-04, 23:41)sraue Wrote:

(2015-02-04, 18:09)fritsch Wrote: Appstore is a special packaged debian repository. So you can install prebuild "apps" via established debian system. It's a nice idea of providing packages concerning dependencies and so on. "Appstore" is marketing, though :-)

so something like OpenELEC does since years with XBMC's/Kodi's Addonmanager for binary addons... (?)

(2015-02-04, 18:40)tdw197 Wrote:

(2015-02-04, 18:09)fritsch Wrote: Appstore is a special packaged debian repository. So you can install prebuild "apps" via established debian system. It's a nice idea of providing packages concerning dependencies and so on. "Appstore" is marketing, though :-)

Hmm, nice idea, would make for a noob-friendly way of doing things if done well. I love the skin too, shame its not available for general kodi use.

(2015-02-04, 23:53)sraue Wrote:

(2015-02-04, 18:40)tdw197 Wrote:

(2015-02-04, 18:09)fritsch Wrote: Appstore is a special packaged debian repository. So you can install prebuild "apps" via established debian system. It's a nice idea of providing packages concerning dependencies and so on. "Appstore" is marketing, though :-)

Hmm, nice idea, would make for a noob-friendly way of doing things if done well. I love the skin too, shame its not available for general kodi use.

its based on Conq: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZDCZacVLHI

(2015-02-04, 23:47)tdw197 Wrote:

(2015-02-04, 23:41)sraue Wrote:

(2015-02-04, 18:09)fritsch Wrote: Appstore is a special packaged debian repository. So you can install prebuild "apps" via established debian system. It's a nice idea of providing packages concerning dependencies and so on. "Appstore" is marketing, though :-)

so something like OpenELEC does since years with XBMC's/Kodi's Addonmanager for binary addons... (?)

I don't know the ins and outs, but posts like this are rather unbecoming

(2015-02-04, 16:01)Mark142 Wrote:

(2015-02-03, 22:19)stefcon1 Wrote: I think a lot of you are missing the point though. There are a lot of very knowledgeable people on here who wouldn't dream of paying £130 for a device they themselves can get up and running for less than half that price, but not everyone has the know how and as kodi becomes more mainstream and popular, then people will happily pay that price for a plug and play option. They happily pay hundreds of pounds for a mobile phone and tens of pounds a month for a contract.

I'm more in the plug and play camp at the moment because i don't yet have the knowledge or desire to buy a box of parts and spend time assembling it, then spending hours and hours tweaking and geeking said device. A lot of you like the challenge of getting as much as you can out of as little as possible and that's fine, but not everyone wants that.

I could just go and pay £80 for a fire TV i suppose, but i admire people who have a go at stuff and i'd rather pay the extra to them than give Amazon a few more pounds to add to their billions.

Remember also that a Chromebox is £175 in the UK and the fact that Vero ships from the UK is of particular interest to me. Depends what you are looking for. Horses for courses.

Vero is now showing as £135 on the OSMC shop page. Seems to be creeping up in price

https://osmc.tv/product/vero/