[mythtvnz] Intel X-26

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Tim Westbrook <iondiode at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 20 September 2013 07:19, Chris Robertson <chris at teamrobertson.co.nz>wrote:
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>> 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!
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>> I just noticed this blog post:
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>> 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>
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>> Has anyone tried one of these? Even with the outrageous shipping it looks
>> like a cheaper option than a NUC but still reasonable performance.
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> 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.
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> Nice thing about Rpi is the hw h264 decoder.
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> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_EeeBox_PC
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I believe that the celeron in the X-26 is quite a different beast to the
celeron in the EEEBox. Mine plays a 1080p rip of ST:Into Darkness just fine.
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