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The Steam Link is on sale as part of Steam's Summer Sale. I know people have gotten Kodi running on it, how does it do?
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I have a friend who lives in the mountains with no mobile service and really lovely satellite internet. They have no pay tv options available. They boggled at my crazy Plex/NAS setup and asked if I had any ideas for something like that but way simpler. Well, my thought was a loaded hard drive plugged into some sort of Kodi box. But I haven't touched Kodi for years since switching to Plex. Is Kodi actually still the best no-internet play-poo poo-via-USB option? Without need for 4k or even internet, any really good value boxes that will be happy to play 1080p x264? A Shield would just be massive overkill I think, but I don't know what really would be best. Some specific generation jailbroken Amazon or Apple device? Maybe I will just tell them to get a really long HDMI cable and hook their PC up to their TV and get a wireless keyboard/mouse combo. I dunno. Advice appreciated.
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Feb 6, 2022 04:11
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Budget is like $60. Leaning towards getting a ChromeBox and flashing the firmware so far.
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Feb 6, 2022 15:57
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I was able to get a Acer ChromeBox CXI2-4GKM for forty bucks shipped. I think it will be perfect for their needs after I flash it and set it up. They don't need Android, I think LibreELEC should be great. Now to find a remote.
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Feb 6, 2022 18:04
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wolrah posted:If you have to build this for your friend that means you're also going to be the one supporting it. Keep that in mind when squeezing the budget. Will saving a couple of bucks now cost you more in time in the future? Bonzo posted:If they have a remote already, try a Flirc. I used to use this on my Shield to control IR on my TV.
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