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Johno_c · 2014-03-17, 16:30

Hi guys, Ive got £60 and want the best value for money to stream xbmc through my tv. Ive got an ipad3 to use as a remote/keyboard if need be.

What devices would you guys reccomend? ill be watching films and live football.

John

Saner · (This post was last modified: 2014-03-17, 16:34 by Saner.)

Pi + USB stick + WiFi Stick + USB Hub + Decent PSU

Around 60 notes

prae5 · 2014-03-17, 16:34

Pi is probably best bet on that budget.

Johno_c · 2014-03-17, 16:47

thanks. best place to get them from?

**popcornmix** · 2014-03-17, 17:03

(2014-03-17, 16:47)Johno_c Wrote: thanks. best place to get them from?

Farnell and RS are the direct distributors. Other sellers are resellers, and tend to cost a little more (although may offer bundles).
Look here first:
http://uk.farnell.com/raspberry-pi

Johno_c · (This post was last modified: 2014-03-17, 17:14 by Johno_c.)

(2014-03-17, 17:03)popcornmix Wrote:
(2014-03-17, 16:47)Johno_c Wrote: thanks. best place to get them from?

Farnell and RS are the direct distributors. Other sellers are resellers, and tend to cost a little more (although may offer bundles).
Look here first:
http://uk.farnell.com/raspberry-pi

thanks again.

am i right in thinking if it comes with an sd card i wont need a usb stick, and if im hard wiring i wont need the wifi adapter

prae5 · 2014-03-17, 17:16

No wifi needed if you are using Ethernet.

Some bundles come with an sd card, some don't. Depending on your setup, you might see some speed increase using combo of booting from sd and then storing userdata (library, skin files, etc...) on a usb stick

Johno_c · 2014-03-17, 17:17

ok.

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/bespoke/bespo...e/xbmc.jsp

is the starter pack here a good place to start?

**popcornmix** · 2014-03-17, 17:17

(2014-03-17, 17:12)Johno_c Wrote: am i right in thinking if it comes with an sd card i wont need a usb stick?

It doesn't come with an sdcard as standard. You can get a (good performing) 8G sdcard from here:
http://swag.raspberrypi.org/collections/...gb-sd-card

for £4 (+£1 postage). It's preinstalled with raspberry pi software which is good to get things up and running.

You don't need a USB stick (there may be a small performance benefit to using a USB stick, but it's quite marginal, and you can always try that later).

goujam · 2014-03-17, 17:42

(2014-03-17, 17:17)Johno_c Wrote: ok.

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/bespoke/bespo...e/xbmc.jsp

is the starter pack here a good place to start?

Yes that is a good place to start however you may want to use a USB stick later with the SD card as this improves menu speeds within xbmc

matpol · 2014-03-17, 18:02

cat pigeons etc:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MK808-Android-Ro...ords=mk808

Saner · 2014-03-17, 18:31

(2014-03-17, 18:02)matpol Wrote: cat pigeons etc:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MK808-Android-Ro...ords=mk808

That is a good price, how well do they run ?

Johno_c · 2014-03-17, 18:34

What's difference between that and the mk808b? And what else would I need?

**negge** · 2014-03-17, 18:58

If you're watching live football as in live TV then a Raspberry Pi may be too weak. If you're referring to some random plugin then it'll most likely work fine.

Johno_c · 2014-03-17, 19:07

yes live tv