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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13/01/2014 13:38, Amos Shapira
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 13 January 2014 00:06, Moish <span
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<div class="h5"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Their
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Have you considered Apple TV? It's only 109 AUD down
under :)<br>
Currently works for ios 6.1.<br>
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<div>What's the advantage of buying a locked-in hardware and
having to jail-break it? It has a single-core A5 (I'm
looking at the 3rd generation specs) vs. 4-core i.MX6
Quad. I guess if it can run anything but iOS then it'll
require extra work compared to pre-loaded
debian/ubuntu/whatever for the CuBOX.</div>
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<div>So again - what's the advantage of Apple TV hardware
over the Cubox? Is the Apple TV more power efficient? Does
it have more useful ports? (I couldn't find full specs to
compare, seems they both have one HDMI port and support
roughly the same kind of other inputs and outputs)?</div>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> rPi?<br>
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<div>I looked up "rpi" and the closest I found was the
raspberry pi site with this quick-start-guide: <a
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i.e. as far as I get it, I'll still have to find many
parts around it. While it really sounds like fun to play
with the rPi, i don't have time for this and am looking
for something that I can can mostly plug, perhaps
configure some software on, then use it.</div>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> I have 2 jb atv
almost 2 years now, currently running xbmc v12.3 without
a hiccup.<br>
Software selection is a bit scant<br>
I'll use rPI as servers for other apps.</div>
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<div>How did you get the hardware around the rPi?</div>
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<div>Thanks for your response.</div>
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<div>--Amos</div>
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Core Shmor, it just works :) <br>
Installation was a breeze (inc jb), periodical "apt-get update" and
good s/w support, although never needed it.<br>
I'm not h/w expert. I just gave my 2 cents and 'roo prices :)<br>
BTW atv2+ has nand 8gb storage and there's an implementaion of
lighttpd.<br>
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rPi - it's a hobby. Absolutely :)<br>
You can't really use it unless you're willing to rely on mem cards
and usb disks.<br>
You'll need to buy a box,memory cards, micro usb cable and power
supply, 11n usb stick.<br>
Usb disks infamous (un)reliabilty (mem cards are even worse) hold me
back until I'll decide<br>
how to handle h/w failures.<br>
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Cubox's specs are fantastic, somewhat expensive. You must rely on
mem cards and usb disks though.<br>
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Since you're a linux expert, you'd buy a Cubox :) but consider also
an atv (find a version that can be JB or just wait for while).<br>
Cubox will most probably run xbmc oob, but atv is the one which will
work eventually and continue to do so for a long time :)<br>
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PS check xbmc hardware wiki<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Supported_hardware">http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Supported_hardware</a><br>
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Moish</pre>
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