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Don Lapre posted:Why not just do Haswell Price?
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MMD3 posted:I finally got around to installing Plex server to try with my new Roku3... the last time my Boxee Box froze up and had to be reset I said fuckit and drove to Best Buy to get a Roku. Grab Rarflix; it's a somewhat improved version of the vanilla Plex for Roku. Nothing earth shattering but a bit nicer. If you have a box to transcode, Plex/Roku owns bones.
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Snaxxor posted:Skipping a bunch of very informative posts I bet but..... since I can't take the time to go back and read all 216 pages just wanted to get the pros opinions on what I got laying around to turn into a machine.... It'll work, but honestly it's going to be hot, loud, and probably run worse than a $200 Bay Trail NUC/2G Ram/Openelec setup.
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TraderStav posted:Unless the user experience is amazing I can't see it beating out the new $50 Roku stick that supports all the same services. It's running Android, which means it's going to have a way more flexible gui than Roku, so the UI could be much better. Plex's will be at least. That also means much more extensibility. fletcher posted:They still make 10/100 poo poo?? Why in the world would this not have gigabit ethernet? Because what the hell are you going to be doing with a FireTV that requires gigabit Ethernet?
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Rusty Kettle posted:I am going to be putting together a HTPC in the next few months. It would be nice if a prebuilt box already exists that does what I want. The FireTV looks promising some time in the future. Here are the requirements: Short version is you're not going to get all of your primary wants, much less secondary, on one box. If you want friendly interface, minimal wires, and Netflix/Amazon, you need a media box. There is no HTPC solution that handles local and online streaming in a clean, easy-to-use interface. The transcoding/usenet is PC-only, of course. Given what you want, you should be looking at a Roku/FireTV Frontend + Plex/File Server backend.
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Pudgygiant posted:This has done 4 1080p transcodes at once, it's not even in the same class. Who gives a gently caress? Not everybody wants to waste their time trying to fix arcane problems with a box that plays back their sitcoms and porn. An Openelec install on a low-end box is cheap, simple, and does what most people want.
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Plex, a million times Plex. It's incredibly simple to setup (compared to anything else), and there are clients for drat near every device - Roku, PC, Web broser, mobile OSs, the Fire, some bluray players and TVs. Takes care of library management automatically too.
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