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What about the Nvidia Shield instead? Would you guys recommend it to me?
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The 2820 is fine for up tp 1080p x264 stuff and the UI is smooth too.
No idea on twitch etc, but I have two I use as a spare tv player and a holiday player and they work well.
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2015-12-01, 05:02
(This post was last modified: 2015-12-01, 05:04 by d'Wooluf.)
The 2820 is fine, but maybe fritsch was thinking that you can get more value from other options. In my neck of the woods the cost of a 2820 is roughly equivalent to the cost of that Nvidia box whose name escapes currently escapes me. Certainly seems to give you more bang for your buck. Most places sell the 2820 barebones, so you have to add in the cost of memory, storage, and a remote. I've got a Pi2, my parents have a 2820. I'm happy with the Pi2.
Edit: That would be the Nvidia Shield (mentioned in at least two posts above this one!).
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N2820 has a recycled IVB GPU with just 4 Execution units - it's too slow for Upscaling 720p to 1080 in good quality. Also it's not fast enough to do HQ deinterlacing for 1080i50 content. Get a braswell.
I think I have answered this 200 times in this hw forum.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
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I have had a couple of the 2820s running for more than a year and they work fine for 1080p.
I also have more than a dozen Dell ChromeBoxes that I have configured and are at family locations and two at home.
If it is strictly Kodi use, I would buy the ChromeBox and use them for 1080p at a significan savings of dollars, installation time, support time, etc.
Of the 10+ boxes I have used for Kodi, the ChromeBox is the simplest, and cheapest (hours of support) and cleanest box out there in the ~$150 range...