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Horses for courses. Openelec is my choice, and easiest.
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A++ to wrxtasy, biblical write up. [DIRECT HIT] From another perspective: I was intending on buying a simple_(plug n play) satellite receiver, after a lot of research I came up with Wetek Play at the time of its release, for the about us the same price it was incomparable. I already had minix x7 also mk808(now a domino) and usb dvb-s, but could not get usb dvb to work or is practically impossible. I enjoy hardware & software hacks but Play box is pretty straight forward. Mainly using openelec boot from sd, having live tv enabled in Kodi opens up a whole new perspective. Wetek play is a sweet box, not to be over looked, not sure if there are as many OS available to any other besides Rpi.
I do have one question, Im looking at usb DVD player, what do I need. Is it software or hardware related?
Cheers
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2016-02-25, 15:55
(This post was last modified: 2016-02-25, 17:06 by crashnburn.)
@wxr - Skylake link is broken - Fixed - Can Delete
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I have been using kodi XBMC for about 2 years now & love it - I am fairly comfortable with installing add ons etc.
I would like to finally cut my cable off & have a question.
My main concern with getting rid of cable & relying solely on kodi is ease - with cable i turn on and boom switch channels etc nice & easy. With my Kodi boxes it takes time, then finding a stream that works etc.
I am wondering if perhaps its just that I am using slow kodi devices. I have 2, 1 is a Amazon Fire Box & other is Amazon Fire Stick.
Maybe the Droid boxes I know of are much faster?
Any other recs to make this easier to cut the cable & simply sit down & watch?
Thx
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I'd take a look at the Chromeboxes, depending on how intensive your windows use is an i-core NUC might be a better bet.
Would need a little more information about your usage and media library to give a specific recommendation, but something like the Revo might work.
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I was all set to buy a Google Nexus Player but there seems to be no way to control it with Irule (remote control app), which is how I control everything, either via IR (through itach) or HTTP/IP.
Is there anything under $100 that is Android (so I can use Moonlight app to stream games from my desktop PC in the basement), has 1080p Netflix, and has either IR or IP/TCP control? Wired ethernet port ideal.