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takoi
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Your group #2 and #3 are flawed. I'm pretty sure most people (people who don't care about Hulu, Netflix and such, meaning the world - the us) are in these, so not exactly good for the guide
#2 because AppleTV2 doesn't have a HDD
#3 because you can't actually get AppleTV1. It's discontinued..
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Hey,
how about people who want all the fancy stuff (1080p, flawless support for as many codecs as possible, hardware decoding/low power consumption) but do not care about Hulu/Netflix etc?
In fact, in Europe hulu/netflix is not even available, so ...
is this also group3 ?
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Well group 3 is basically AppleTV2. So your talking at least group 4 if not 5 or 6. By codex you mean out side of XBMC sence it does not use Codex.
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Great thread. Much appreciated.
I'm in group 2.5. Mostly I play TV and Movies in either SD or 720, which the very occasional 1080p. I don't care about netflix or skins. Basic XBMC is great for me. I have a linux server that handles all the media, so I don't even need local storage.
I have one ATV2 and it works well, but yu can't get them anymore and there' no jailbreak for the ATV3. I'm keeping my eyes open for another ATV2 on the used/refurb market, and if I see one for $100 or less, I will probably get it.
That all said, what's one step up from the ATV2? Seems like an ION based system is it. Seems like there is a pretty big jump in price from an ATV2 to the next level.
Can anyone recommend a complete build (linux is preferred over windows) for under $300, or even better, $200?
1080p
HDMI
Remote
Silent
Thanks,
Allan