<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 8:34 AM, jedi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jedi@mishnet.org" target="_blank">jedi@mishnet.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 03:33:36PM +1000, Anthony Giggins wrote:<br>
> Can I please get some input on the following devices?<br>
><br>
> a used ZOTAC ZBOX DVD ID31 roughly AU$219 + AU$21.55 delivery<br>
> with 4GB RAM & 320GB HDD, Nvidia ION<br>
><br>
> or<br>
> Intel Compute Stick with Linux AU$159 + AU$10 delivery<br>
> with 1GB RAM and 8GB eMMC, Intel HD Graphics<br>
<br>
Beyond anything else, I am partial a nice solid GigE NIC and a<br>
wired network to match. I wouldn't even get something like a Roku<br>
unless it had wired ethernet built in.<br></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I'm not sure what their availability is like in Australia, but a number of us have had very good luck with the cheap ECS Liva (2 GB RAM, 32 GB eMMC, WiFi, GigE, VGA, HDMI). Newegg has been having them on sale around $100 USD. It's Intel-based, so no VDPAU, but VAAPI seems to work well.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Karl<br></div></div>