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

Brian J. Murrell brian at interlinx.bc.ca
Thu Mar 7 14:50:05 UTC 2013


On 13-03-07 09:42 AM, Joseph Fry wrote:
>
> There are no decent drivers/api to get accelerated video decoding on AMD
> GPU's in Linux.  Coupled with an Atom CPU that is to slow for HD decoding,
> and your stuck with a box that won't play modern content (when running
> Linux).  These devices would be fine in Windows, which is what they were
> intended for.

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?

b.


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