[mythtvnz] Intel X-26

[Tim Westbrook]

On 20 September 2013 07:19, Chris Robertson <chris at teamrobertson.co.nz>wrote:

> I've been looking around for a cheap machine for my dad as a first intro
> to xbmc+mythtv. I have a RaspPi running openelec - amazing for such a tiny
> box - but the UI is a bit sluggish and more importantly, he wants to stream
> from premierleaguepass.com but the RaspPi can't do flash. Curse your lack
> of ARM support adobe!
>
> I just noticed this blog post:
>
> http://www.tgdaily.com/**hardware-features/73848-these-**
> mini-pcs-are-powered-by-intel-**celeron-chips<http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-features/73848-these-mini-pcs-are-powered-by-intel-celeron-chips>
>
> Has anyone tried one of these? Even with the outrageous shipping it looks
> like a cheaper option than a NUC but still reasonable performance.
>
> 
I have not, but i did use an early celeron eeebox [1], and it had serious
problems decoding hd quality (720) h264 videos, like it was impossible to
watch.

Nice thing about Rpi is the hw h264 decoder.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_EeeBox_PC


Cheers,
> Chris
>
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