2015-05-13, 08:55
Hi,
Two days ago I had never heard of kodi or xbmc...
I never needed anything like this, I was living in France and my internet provider had a tv box which was doing everything, from reading 3D blu ray to sending any video from any computer to the tv box and read it, I could even watch any video file I had on my tv box from my phone from anywhere in europe for free.
And 2 days ago I moved to England, and I've just had the virgin media tv box installed...... and I can't do anything with it except watching tv
They even disabled the 2 usb port on the back !
So i've been looking for a solution...
And that's how I've read about Kodi, and it looks great.
But I don't know what to buy, and that's why I need your help.
All I need is something that I can connect my external hard drive to and that will play my avi/mp4/mkv videos in 1080p.
I need it to have wifi so that I can just copy my movies to my external hard drive without having to unplug it from the tv box.
I don't have any 3D Tv so 3D is not a requirement.
About Chromebox,
That is over my budget sadly... I'm looking for something under/around 60£ or 70£
About RPi2,
I live with my wife who probably won't like the look of it haha !
Also I'd like something that I can use with a remote.
And if I can have something ready out of the box that would be perfect, because I don't think I will have time to get into understanding/installing all the requirements.
So...
I've found some android tv box on amazon.... like the M8 box, but I've read that Android wasn't the best thing for a tv box.
Then in this thread, several people recommend the Wetek Play, which is an android box.
So I'm a bit lost, especially that the M8 seems to have a better hardware than the wetek play and is cheaper.
What do you think would be the best choice for me ?
And why do people prefer the wetek play over something like the M8 ?
Also, sorry for any english mistake in my post, it's not my mothertongue.
Two days ago I had never heard of kodi or xbmc...
I never needed anything like this, I was living in France and my internet provider had a tv box which was doing everything, from reading 3D blu ray to sending any video from any computer to the tv box and read it, I could even watch any video file I had on my tv box from my phone from anywhere in europe for free.
And 2 days ago I moved to England, and I've just had the virgin media tv box installed...... and I can't do anything with it except watching tv
They even disabled the 2 usb port on the back !
So i've been looking for a solution...
And that's how I've read about Kodi, and it looks great.
But I don't know what to buy, and that's why I need your help.
All I need is something that I can connect my external hard drive to and that will play my avi/mp4/mkv videos in 1080p.
I need it to have wifi so that I can just copy my movies to my external hard drive without having to unplug it from the tv box.
I don't have any 3D Tv so 3D is not a requirement.
About Chromebox,
That is over my budget sadly... I'm looking for something under/around 60£ or 70£
About RPi2,
I live with my wife who probably won't like the look of it haha !
Also I'd like something that I can use with a remote.
And if I can have something ready out of the box that would be perfect, because I don't think I will have time to get into understanding/installing all the requirements.
So...
I've found some android tv box on amazon.... like the M8 box, but I've read that Android wasn't the best thing for a tv box.
Then in this thread, several people recommend the Wetek Play, which is an android box.
So I'm a bit lost, especially that the M8 seems to have a better hardware than the wetek play and is cheaper.
What do you think would be the best choice for me ?
And why do people prefer the wetek play over something like the M8 ?
Also, sorry for any english mistake in my post, it's not my mothertongue.