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Old 18-05-2014, 13:36
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Any one else using this , I have it on my Laptop and was so pleased with it that I bought 2 Android TV boxes for my Smart TVs and now the world is my oyster ,if you have used it, your views please
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Old 18-05-2014, 13:46
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Any one else using this , I have it on my Laptop and was so pleased with it that I bought 2 Android TV boxes for my Smart TVs and now the world is my oyster ,if you have used it, your views please
I have it installed on my laptop and have always wanted to get an Android box with it on. Which one are you using?
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Old 18-05-2014, 14:30
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I have it installed on my laptop and have always wanted to get an Android box with it on. Which one are you using?
Mine is called Android Droid Box got it from Amazon , they were not the cheapest ,£95 , I first had the cheaper ones £69 but they were useless , sent them back but the replacements were faulty as well , got my money back , but the Droid boxes are working well , they have a small external antenna
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Old 18-05-2014, 15:43
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As an alternative to Android, if you enjoy a bit of DIY computing, try a Raspberry Pi with XBMC

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/bespoke/b...space/xbmc.jsp

Though I wouldn't say it's exactly plug and play
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Old 18-05-2014, 15:52
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As an alternative to Android, if you enjoy a bit of DIY computing, try a Raspberry Pi with XBMC

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/bespoke/b...space/xbmc.jsp

Though I wouldn't say it's exactly plug and play
No, a LONG way from it - and they seem horribly slow as well?.
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Old 18-05-2014, 16:37
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No, a LONG way from it - and they seem horribly slow as well?.
they are not that slow once you tweak the XBMC settings, along with a pretty basic XBMC theme.
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Old 18-05-2014, 16:40
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they are not that slow once you tweak the XBMC settings, along with a pretty basic XBMC theme.
Even with a minimum XBMC install and basic theme I'm very under-impressed by their speed
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Old 18-05-2014, 16:41
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Even with a minimum XBMC install and basic theme I'm very under-impressed by their speed
maybe you tried it on the slightly slower Pi model.
the one i have seems to have no issues with speed when scrolling thru the menus.
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Old 20-05-2014, 00:35
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My Media PC was built with XBMC in mind. I'm using this case from Silverstone (in black) and the Aeon Nox theme.
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Old 20-05-2014, 00:46
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Though I wouldn't say it's exactly plug and play
Not quite, but with NOOBS its pretty straight forward.

Its pretty quick going through the menus, but I find the TvCachup plugin slow but just about usable if you reduce the EPG guide down. (note: plugin doesn't run with Gotham. NOOBS installs Frodo, but you need to boot XBMC and disable sys updates).

But what is really annoying me is that I prefer Plex. And there is a pugin for XBMC to use the Plex server, Plexbmc. Can I get it working on the Pi. Can I heck
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