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Looks pretty neat. I like how the HDMI end swivels so you can position it how you need it. I'm interested to see the controller it comes with. Since it's Chrome OS I'm sure it won't do anything that a Chromebox won't but its pretty cool anyways.
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Omfg... Next Kodi player for me. Should be the same to install as Chromebox? It will display 4K!
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being ARM-based, this will likely run ChromeOS and nothing else - certainly not OpenELEC/Kodi. So unless the Kodi Android app works under ChromeOS (which I don't believe it does), this is completely useless.
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2015-04-01, 00:24
(This post was last modified: 2015-04-01, 00:25 by Roby77.)
rk3288 will never have open elec support and android is the last os for a decent mediaplayer (see rk3288 user that are still waiting for hd audio and lollipop after SIX moths)
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maybe an april fools? Matt Devo even if this wasn't useless what advantage will this have over a Pi or a firetv or (since not much more for a ) chromebox. Since google are saying they intend to keep chromecast, im not really sure what catogary this product falls in (for google)? infact theres nothing new here. seriously why is there an obsession with dongles, they so small that nothing can be customised
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If Rockchip RK3288 chip runs Android,why can't this device run Android/Kodi?
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RK3288-based media boxes (Open Hour Chameleon, Tronsmart Orion/Meta, Beelink R89, etc.) seem to fall short on 3D, HD audio, 23.976, etc. Maybe better for Android apps, games.
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Rk3288 was released on march 2014, first products on september
They promised lollilop before chinese new year but is April and lollipop is in alpha status (lot of bugs)
Rk 3188 takes almost one year to work correctly (if i rember correctly)
I agree that Android is better for games, apps etc