2022-10-29, 02:20
Compared to the rest of FriendlyElec's NanoPi collection, the R6S is the first one that supports HDMI 2.1 and AV1 hardware decoding. At $120 / $140 with a case it's near the price of common 'streamers' [1] like chromecast 4k or apple tv. The downsides are no built-in wifi so that would be extra cost/inconvenience, and no M.2 slot like the R5S so only USB or SDCard-based extra storage is available.
Does this seem like a good value option for a "future-proof" 8k capable streamer? My goal is to stream owned movies, music, and home videos from a central plex/jellyfish server to various 'endpoints' in my home (TVs, speakers, etc).
[1]: By 'streamer' I mean a small device that can stream/download content over a network and display it via HDMI.
Does this seem like a good value option for a "future-proof" 8k capable streamer? My goal is to stream owned movies, music, and home videos from a central plex/jellyfish server to various 'endpoints' in my home (TVs, speakers, etc).
[1]: By 'streamer' I mean a small device that can stream/download content over a network and display it via HDMI.