2018-04-10, 03:19
(2018-04-10, 02:32)wrxtasy Wrote: Ultimately no matter what ARM based - low powered mobile chipset platform anyone uses, if you want 2.5" HDD power supply reliability.
Buy a powered USB Hub or use self powered 3.5" HDD's or stick with PC / Mac desktop type based hardware.
This might not be full compatible with Kodi yet, but something like this is probably a step in the right direction. Rock64 is a powerful Raspberry Pi rival with USB 3.0 and 4K HDR support
Also the more high-end Odroid boards come with USB 3.0. Heck, if an old Android phone is powerful enough to spin up a 2.5" hard drive, then a set-top box should be able to handle it.