2015-10-15, 05:31
None of those devices listed does HD Audio passthrough to give you 7.1 Virtual Audio channels for your soundbar setup.
The RPi2 will decode HD Audio to Multichannel PCM and output that but then you loose the 7.1 Virtual Channels feature I believe. No HD Audio to multichannel PCM decoding and output on the C1+ or WP (WeTek Play)
The ODROID C1+ and WeTek Play will give you high quality (AMLogic) Hardware deinterlacing for TV viewing. To get the equivalent on the RPi2 you need to run a development build of Kodi Jarvis and Overclock with a quality power supply to boot.
Popcornmix and the RPi development guys have done a great job of finally getting high quality deinterlacing out of the RPi2 but they really have found the RPi2's limits in doing so. I believe its doing Software deinterlacing, so consequently if you try and do anything else whilst watching TV on the RPi2 when using this quality deinterlacer - like viewing the TV guide or other parts of the Kodi GUI, it slows to a crawl. This slowdown does not happen on the AMLogic gear.
And now the "Wife Acceptance Factor" aka WAF.
Picture quality will be about equal on all three.
If it were me personally, and only feeding TV streams to 2 Kodi clients on a local home Network. I would repurpose the RPi B+ into a OpenELEC / TvHeadend Server and attaching a usb Dual Tuner and a external powered HDD. Ethernet connect it to a Home Router and hide the ugly cabled mess somewhere. The TvHeadend server does not need a speedy host machine to run.
Then feed the output from the TvHeadend server into a new WeTek Core 4K. (I use a C1+ as a TvHeadend server). The 23.976fps synced HD Netflix + other HD / 4K video Apps is worth the admission price alone. No other Kodi media device does 23.976fps sync with HD video Android streaming Apps, including the new NVIDIA Shield. Android Lollipop runs fast and Kodi works well on the WeTek Core. Picture quality, 23.976fps video sync and TV deinterlacing are fantastic.
The WAF will be high with this setup.
See my Signature below for a review.
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The RPi2 will decode HD Audio to Multichannel PCM and output that but then you loose the 7.1 Virtual Channels feature I believe. No HD Audio to multichannel PCM decoding and output on the C1+ or WP (WeTek Play)
The ODROID C1+ and WeTek Play will give you high quality (AMLogic) Hardware deinterlacing for TV viewing. To get the equivalent on the RPi2 you need to run a development build of Kodi Jarvis and Overclock with a quality power supply to boot.
Popcornmix and the RPi development guys have done a great job of finally getting high quality deinterlacing out of the RPi2 but they really have found the RPi2's limits in doing so. I believe its doing Software deinterlacing, so consequently if you try and do anything else whilst watching TV on the RPi2 when using this quality deinterlacer - like viewing the TV guide or other parts of the Kodi GUI, it slows to a crawl. This slowdown does not happen on the AMLogic gear.
And now the "Wife Acceptance Factor" aka WAF.
- Firstly you want an nice responsive remote control. If the one that comes with the WP / OpenELEC edition is anything like the Official WeTek Play one , it should be good.
- Secondly is the DVB-C/T/T2 integration. If you want a nice clean look with a flush plug in tuner then the WP is the device to go for.
- Thirdly Kodi speed. The quad core C1+ will be the quickest followed by the quad core RPi2 and then dual core WeTek Play, all running OpenELEC.
Picture quality will be about equal on all three.
If it were me personally, and only feeding TV streams to 2 Kodi clients on a local home Network. I would repurpose the RPi B+ into a OpenELEC / TvHeadend Server and attaching a usb Dual Tuner and a external powered HDD. Ethernet connect it to a Home Router and hide the ugly cabled mess somewhere. The TvHeadend server does not need a speedy host machine to run.
Then feed the output from the TvHeadend server into a new WeTek Core 4K. (I use a C1+ as a TvHeadend server). The 23.976fps synced HD Netflix + other HD / 4K video Apps is worth the admission price alone. No other Kodi media device does 23.976fps sync with HD video Android streaming Apps, including the new NVIDIA Shield. Android Lollipop runs fast and Kodi works well on the WeTek Core. Picture quality, 23.976fps video sync and TV deinterlacing are fantastic.
The WAF will be high with this setup.
See my Signature below for a review.
V
