2013-11-25, 07:34
This weekend,
i've been helping my friend with his birthday present,
yes, an OUYA box....
He knew about XBMC and what it is
but never played with it and didn't know much on how to set it up on the OUYA...
So after toying around with it for a couple of hours,
i must say i was really impressed on how it handled XBMC for a $99 Android box!!
OUYA performed very well with its QuadCore Tegra3 SoC!!
It boots fast, XBMC is super stable, never crashed on me,
and makes me re-think using Windows or Linux hardware for XBMC....
Honestly, if you only need an XBMC box, man,,, get an OUYA right now!!
Can't go wrong for $99!!
I tried many addons, they all work flawlessly!!
All movies up to 1080P played without a hitch!!
As we know, XBMC for OUYA has Hardware Acceleration working!
I installed XBMC v13.3.2 for OUYA ....
I know there's maybe advanced features that might not work currently,
such as Bitstreaming DOLBY TRUE-HD and DTS-HD MASTER,
but hey, i believe its in the works, and from what i see,
OUYA is heavily supported by the devs and thecommunity,
meaning, you can't go wrong, its getting worked on,
not like all those chinese android devices that dies on you
since they drop firmware updates each time they release a new box...
I know you can't play BD-Discs on the OUYA,
But if u dont need such a feature, since u may already have a bluray player,
big deal, OUYA is an amazing streamer!!
It picked up my friends NAS where all his movies are located in seconds,
SAMBA shares work flawlessly!!
you can definitely control XBMC using the OUYA GAME CONTROLLER.
Works really good actually!
But since there's no keyboard, we used YATSE app on his cell phone
and we even tried XBMC remote for iOS on his GF's iPAD!
Both connected and worked flawlessly!!
There's also an interesting KickStarter project thats now funded called LighPack!!
Yes, it also works with OUYA,
check out this video here ---> http://goo.gl/blvTZD
KickStarter project page here --> http://goo.gl/PkJbi
Goes for around $90 + shipping, looks fantastic!!
At this point, to me its a done deal,
you just can't beat it for $99,
it works, its stable, its supported, its simply AMAZING!!
If you guys have questions on the setup or anything else about the OUYA,
dont be shy