2013-04-09, 16:02
I had received my barebones mc001-n yesterday, and upon removing the aluminum cover to install the so-dim, I thought to myself, "how many doa units were from people who hadn't removed the plastic strips from the thermal compound pads before buttoning the box back up?"
My intent is to use the device solely as a media streamer. I don't intend on storing media on the device. I have it connected via ethernet.
At any rate, after spending an evening trying out streaming my various media rips (a vast majority are 1080p h264 [email protected] in mkv containers), I think the device is fantastic.
I had purchased a 1tb 2.5" sata drive for it, however I haven't installed it yet. I'm currently booting openelec with a class 4 sdcard and 4GB RAM. I am currently considering NOT installing the hard drive. As many people here have stated, 4GB RAM is vastly overkill for Openelec; 2GB would have been more than plenty.
Configuring my rc5 remote was a pain in the behind - I had to create a custom rc_keytable file and load it via the ~/.config/autostart.sh script. The ir receiver has a narrower 'window' where the remote needs to be pointed more in it's direction than I'd like.
So far, I'm very pleased with this device. The xbmc gui is very responsive. Shuffling around (fast forward, skip forward) while playing a video is very speedy (which I tend to do frequently - a guy can't watch his adult fantasy straight through .
My intent is to use the device solely as a media streamer. I don't intend on storing media on the device. I have it connected via ethernet.
At any rate, after spending an evening trying out streaming my various media rips (a vast majority are 1080p h264 [email protected] in mkv containers), I think the device is fantastic.
I had purchased a 1tb 2.5" sata drive for it, however I haven't installed it yet. I'm currently booting openelec with a class 4 sdcard and 4GB RAM. I am currently considering NOT installing the hard drive. As many people here have stated, 4GB RAM is vastly overkill for Openelec; 2GB would have been more than plenty.
Configuring my rc5 remote was a pain in the behind - I had to create a custom rc_keytable file and load it via the ~/.config/autostart.sh script. The ir receiver has a narrower 'window' where the remote needs to be pointed more in it's direction than I'd like.
So far, I'm very pleased with this device. The xbmc gui is very responsive. Shuffling around (fast forward, skip forward) while playing a video is very speedy (which I tend to do frequently - a guy can't watch his adult fantasy straight through .