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Well I just ordered one of these for our FP which is not a SmartTV after watching a Category5 video from their website...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E6BW...UTF8&psc=1
From what I have read I can run XBMC off of it and watch my movies from the NAS.
tia, Ron
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Make sure you update us when you get it and let us know what you think about it.
Brian - a long time user that rarely messes with the system now
Other systems used:
SageTV w/ cablecard tuner & multiple extenders for viewing
BlueIris and IP cameras for CCTV
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sic0048 Wrote:Make sure you update us when you get it and let us know what you think about it.
I am expecting it Wednesday.
tia, Ron
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Yamaha CX-A5100, Dune HD pro 4k, Dune HD Pro 4k plus, ISY 994i, LG 86" 4k FP, and a projector in the future
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Progress report:
I got it up and running with XBMC for Android and it runs pretty good. I have never been happy with wireless in my house so I can't fully judge it until I get my USB to gigabit adapter in (hopefully it will work with the unit). At this point I am seeing some blurring of fast action when I view a movie and other parts are like they were sped up. I am hoping the wired LAN piece will work. If it takes care of this problem I will be happy with the box. The box is about half the size of a iPhone. I also can add 32GB of external storage which might be usable as a cache drive... If I can do that I think it would even eliminate the wireless speed as a problem. If I still had my HD Movies on the USB drive I would try that route but they are all on the NAS. The unit comes with Google Play, Netflix, Pandora and a few others. One thing I was hoping for was to be able to stream Amazon Prime with a app, but so far I have not been able to find a Amazon Prime app for the Android. I know I can most likely stream Amazon as a PC but I was hoping for the App way as there are some TV Shows and Movies that must be streamed via Xbox, PS3, Kindle etc.
tia, Ron
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Amazon prime won't stream to Android. Dumb thing is IMO that is what they could actually charge for.
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I could not get it to play without dropouts so I picked up another NUC... This time I got a Celeron. I figure since it is only for a Media Server it will be fine. I would have loved for the other one to work as it was 1/2 the price and ultra portable.
tia, Ron
My HT equipment I want to control by CQC (some day hopefully)
Yamaha CX-A5100, Dune HD pro 4k, Dune HD Pro 4k plus, ISY 994i, LG 86" 4k FP, and a projector in the future
