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2014-09-20, 12:48
(This post was last modified: 2014-09-20, 12:59 by User 231261.)
PCH C-200 that was Q1 2010 and the Pi compares good to it for what it costs.... I'll grant you that one instantly.
However 4 and a half years down the road... on Sigma8911 based box.. for me a Pi is not an option with regards to Video and Audio quality..... it doesn't cut the mustard.
But lets discuss this somewhere else like on the openhour or popcornhour forum and feel free to convince everyone there...
Again most of us don't have these boxes for the UI but for the playback of our content no compromising on that..
5 minutes on a slick UI does not weigh up to 2 hours of suboptimal viewing.
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2014-09-20, 22:22
(This post was last modified: 2014-09-20, 22:35 by User 231261.)
300 series was never adviced on the user forum.. on my sig list was 100, 200, 400 series and never a 300 with a good reason..
you bought the lemon and now you're a expert.... fine with me
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Having tested 2 of the modded XBMC's, even though they played 720p Tears of Steel, the 1080p version (
http://trailers.divx.com/hevc/TearsOfSte...9_HM11.mkv) would not play without having half of the screen turn green.
The latest Helix Alpha nightly build did play the 1080p version and although not perfect, it was watchable, so it shows how well Kodi is coming along.
It also played all of the test files that I had been using to evaluate the Tronsmart R28 flawlessly, where the modded builds struggled with even some of the more basic files.
What I did notice in Kodi that I had not seen before, although had not really looked, was this
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv283...607c24.png
Whether the allow multi threaded software decoding feature has been there all along I don't know but I do know that this version has become my new player of choice in terms of XBMC use.
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(2014-09-20, 22:27)Milhouse Wrote: (2014-09-20, 12:48)Willem55 Wrote: does not weigh up to 2 hours of suboptimal viewing.
What I find confusing is that you bang on about video/audio quality, yet you champion an Android device that can only do 30/60Hz. Until Android-L, if Android-L comes with the promised features, any Android-based device is going to have "suboptimal" video compared to even a Pi.
Let me make this perfectly clear for you.... I'm using my Sigma8911 based box and I'm planning to test a RK3288 box to see if and when it matches or surpasses the Video and Audio quality I now have.
As far as champion you are mistaken... I don't expect all this to happen in the next 3 months... or even who is gonna be first Android or Ubuntu...
What I do know is that when that happens these $95 boxes will surpass the Pi as a mediaplayer on all fronts.
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2014-09-20, 23:56
(This post was last modified: 2014-09-21, 00:01 by User 231261.)
Point is Software development is not in their hands now is it... Android or Ubuntu and xbmc... it's called openhour as that part is open...
But agreed excellent hardware....
lots of big chips on shoulders today..
(2014-09-20, 23:00)Milhouse Wrote: (2014-09-20, 22:49)Willem55 Wrote: What I do know is that when that happens these $95 boxes will surpass the Pi as a mediaplayer on all fronts.
Yes, *if* and *when* but not *now* which is the period I'm talking about. Notice I used the term "stopgap" in my previous post which should have tipped you off.
I'm sure the Rockchip will be fine at some yet to be determined point in the future, but does everyone who is buying one of these products know that they will be nothing more than Alpha testers?
where as everyone who is buying a Pi board is what?