[mythtv-users] Android stick, HDMI interface, claims to do 1080p, $36

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> Right.  But these particular boxes were being sold as "XBMC appliance"s.
>  I'm presuming that meant Linux.  Does XBMC have a Windows port?
>
> Does that mean that these were being sold as "sucky" XBMC appliances,
> maybe only capable of SD content?
>
>
I run my setup as a combined Myth FE/BE and can switch between XBMC and
MythFE. Personally I prefer XBMC for Movies/TV shows/Youtube etc but even
with the new MythTV Plugin I still prefer MythFE for playing and managing
my TV recordings....but that's another story.

As for the hardware, it is bundled with Openelec (Open Embedded Linux
Entertainment Center). Which is basically a very minimal Linux Distro that
boots straight into XBMC to give you an XBMC media centre out of the box. I
simply use Mythbuntu with XBMC also installed but have had a play with
openelec recently. It is very controlled in terms of if (for example) a TV
card driver is not supported you cannot install it yourself. They lock it
down to make sure everything works and they dont have support/compatability
issues. I dont want to get into an argument about the rights and wrongs of
doing so but what I am getting at is, I cant believe Openelec are going to
endorse on their website (which is how I found this link) a piece of
hardware that cant support what XBMC supports (Full 1080p HD video content).

I've not got one, I haven't tried one but if I was ion need of another box
I probably would

Martin
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