2015-08-05, 15:09
(2015-08-05, 13:21)eka1990 Wrote: Can I tell me what is best choice up to 150$.
i currently use Kodi on my PC but i going to eliminate it.
I would like to have some box that supports good audio (7.1) and of course good video capability (no need for 4k)
As with its predecessors, the NUCs mentioned above haven't quiiite gotten a firm grasp on DTS-HD passthrough on Windows 8.x/10 yet (or so a couple of reports indicate). Decoding to LPCM (in windows) and DTS-HD passthrough in OpenELEC is as before, not a problem. There is rapid feedback on this, so hopefully this will be in the clear soon. Otherwise - the new celeron NUCs are well within the $150 mark (The Intel kits anyway), but those are barebones[/i}. You'll still need a DDR3L stick and storage. Good news is, you'll have the option of both a 2.5" drive, USB [i]and an SD card. For a tad above $150 you should be set with the celeron nuc, a 4GB DDR3L stick and a USB drive/SDXC card running OpenELEC.
If you're going to use it for much anything than Kodi on OpenELEC - I'd strongly advice you get an snappy SSD (like the Samsung 840 (EVO) ). Be adviced, you can always do this "upgrade" at a later point in time. Prices on the smaller ones are dropping good. I opted to save ~$30 and got a Kingston SSDNow SSD instead. My friend has the exact setup as me on the old DN2820FYKH except he went with the Samsung 840 EVO, and seeing the real-world perfomance difference between them (on Win 8.1 pro), I regret my choice "every day".