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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Inspect Your Gadgets > HTPC vs Media Boxes (Roku, Apple TV, SHIELD, etc)
 
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The Gunslinger
Jul 24, 2004

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It depends on what your usage is. If you just watch video then you're fine with one of the newer Android boxes like the FTV, Shield, etc. If you like to play newer games then obviously you need an HTPC. If you want to watch 4k high bit rate stuff thats not hardware accelerated or some weird anime standard then you probably need an HTPC.

It's really just a question of what you want to do with it. If you just want to run Kodi, some streaming apps and only care about playing silly old emulators or whatever then I would look at the Fire TV, the Nexus Player and the Shield.

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