Streamline your home media experience
There are so many HTPC devices out it is hard to find devices that differentiate themselves. There are Android boxes all very similar but where it gets interesting is the devices running x86 of amd64 CPU architecture because it opens the possibility for multiple operating systems we are used to
The MK808b Plus is your portable media center. It runs on a fully unlocked and rooted Android system and has been so popular there are various custom ROMs available for the device. For the small form factor it packs a lot of power, wireless and USB connectivity. I like devices
I finally got time to benchmark the Raspberry Pi, Pi 2 and Banana Pi Pro for media server tasks. It is similar to my last comprehensive benchmarks comparing the Raspberry Pi and Banana Pi. Despite not much changing besides the CPU and RAM in the Pi 2, many people insisted
The HummingBoard i1 is a Raspberry Pi clone with serious upgrades for NAS or media server usage created by Solid Run. It packs a 1 Ghz processor, 512 MB of DDR3 memory and a gigabit port which makes serving media files and other data around your home considerably faster. Here
The MeegoPad T01 was silently released in 2014 running full 64-bit Windows. It is a full HTPC TV stick that competes with the Amazon Fire TV and other Android HTPCs. It is the same as the Intel Compute stick which Intel announced would be released in 2015. I got one
I have created many guides for the Raspberry Pi as a media server, while the RPi mostly holds its own there are lags and freezes. I think people expect too much of the low-powered beast sometimes, after all it was created for learning programming and development – not media servers.
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