2015-12-02, 19:27
Hello,
After reading and searching in the forum, I couldn't exactly find what I am looking for. My use case might be unique, the most important thing is the physical size of the device. Basically I travel a lot (haven't had a permanent house for 4 years, with the past 3 months jumping between hotels), So I don't really care about 3D or HD audio or all the fancy features, as most of the hotels I end up in have crappy 32" TVs (I still miss that Thailand hotel with the Sony 55" 3D TV )
I have used an RPI B for sometime, but also this seemed a little big to me (after you add the cables and the charger and the case, it couldn't fit into my 12" laptop bag), so recently I gave it away and started using KODI on the laptop.
For the FEW ODD times that I end up in a hotel with a decent TV, I want a device that can actually output a nice picture on the TV. My movie collection is composed of H264 (if that's what AVC in the mediainfo means ) of course compressed as there is only so much space on a 2TB for movies and TV shows, and I cant carry more than 2 HDDs, one of them is for work.
So what I found really interesting is the Intel Compute Stick, perfect size (as it is my most important requirement). I read couple of reviews on this forum about it, I even saw the meegopad version with no fan which introduced heat problems, however I cant find detailed review of how well KODI performs on them, so if anybody has them, would you recommend it? Since the AC adapter is 2 Amp, would I still need a powered hub for 2.5" external HDD? Meegopad seems to be releasing a new one based on CherryTrail very soon, with Intel waiting for the Core M (Cedar city or something).
Having windows will be a plus for Netflix, Skype....etc, Android would be fine too, but all Android sticks I found are crappy Pirate-Addons-Filled ones, and most of them wouldn't accept an external NTFS HDD with movies on.
A very slim box might also do, with some flat cables, however what I liked about the sticks is the built in HDMI connector that eliminates the need of carrying an HDMI cable.
Recommendations please....
After reading and searching in the forum, I couldn't exactly find what I am looking for. My use case might be unique, the most important thing is the physical size of the device. Basically I travel a lot (haven't had a permanent house for 4 years, with the past 3 months jumping between hotels), So I don't really care about 3D or HD audio or all the fancy features, as most of the hotels I end up in have crappy 32" TVs (I still miss that Thailand hotel with the Sony 55" 3D TV )
I have used an RPI B for sometime, but also this seemed a little big to me (after you add the cables and the charger and the case, it couldn't fit into my 12" laptop bag), so recently I gave it away and started using KODI on the laptop.
For the FEW ODD times that I end up in a hotel with a decent TV, I want a device that can actually output a nice picture on the TV. My movie collection is composed of H264 (if that's what AVC in the mediainfo means ) of course compressed as there is only so much space on a 2TB for movies and TV shows, and I cant carry more than 2 HDDs, one of them is for work.
So what I found really interesting is the Intel Compute Stick, perfect size (as it is my most important requirement). I read couple of reviews on this forum about it, I even saw the meegopad version with no fan which introduced heat problems, however I cant find detailed review of how well KODI performs on them, so if anybody has them, would you recommend it? Since the AC adapter is 2 Amp, would I still need a powered hub for 2.5" external HDD? Meegopad seems to be releasing a new one based on CherryTrail very soon, with Intel waiting for the Core M (Cedar city or something).
Having windows will be a plus for Netflix, Skype....etc, Android would be fine too, but all Android sticks I found are crappy Pirate-Addons-Filled ones, and most of them wouldn't accept an external NTFS HDD with movies on.
A very slim box might also do, with some flat cables, however what I liked about the sticks is the built in HDMI connector that eliminates the need of carrying an HDMI cable.
Recommendations please....