Oh well. If that's the case Ill stick it in my laptop. It was only a tenner.
My new media player just arrived
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Oh well. If that's the case Ill stick it in my laptop. It was only a tenner.
Did look at at it but the more I read the more I was put off. The initial price seems crazy low. It by the time you have bought a nice case, power supply etc. it's not the super cheap system it once was. Plus so many people struggling to get things to run smooth on it.
Simple fact is there is still no perfect solution yet.
£35 for a pi and case, and for power who doesn't have a spare micro usb charger from an old phone? You won't find anything as capable anywhere near the price.
No optical out was the obvious issue for me. Not dissing the pi. It's clearly a clever bit of kit in the right hands. It's just not for me.
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Aside from optical, what else does the Premium offer? One thing I want is to use my Logitech 600 to control my media player, is the PulseBox easy to setup with IR or bluetooth (I have an IR2BT converter)?
The only differences are the premium has optical and takes sodim memory instead of full size.
Here are the boards they use
basic board they use: http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=2&gid=1047&sgid=1045&pid=1143&psn=&lid=1&leg=0
premium board they use: http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=2&gid=1047&sgid=1045&pid=1034&psn=&lid=1&leg=0
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Thanks for that, really helpful.
Can you remotely switch these things on via IR/bluetooth? Not a massive issue but I like having everything working remotely.
Thanks for that, really helpful.
Can you remotely switch these things on via IR/bluetooth? Not a massive issue but I like having everything working remotely.
I havent worked out how to do it yet if you can. But then this is my first play with a linux platform, or even a xbmc system. I saw a few plugins that sound like they do that kind of thing but I havent tried to play with them. I have to get up to switch on my hard drive caddy so its no bother for me to power on manually at the same time.
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Very interested in this to replace the AC Ryan I have.
P.S Nice pirated Prometheus lol.
P.S Nice pirated Prometheus lol.
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Can this pass through DTS-HD as that's something my Pi or WDTV can't do and I'm keen on?
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Prometheus has been released - how do you know its a pirate?
(dont think this is counted as discussing illegal subjects, but if so please delete)
Prometheus has been released - how do you know its a pirate?
(dont think this is counted as discussing illegal subjects, but if so please delete)
Check the file name.
Image removed. No point in derailing the thread.
http://fanart.tv for prettying up the movie/tv names on XBMC 
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Wasn't judging BTW just found it amusing
Wasn't judging BTW just found it amusing
indeed, Ember Media manager normally fixes the file names and sets teh art etc, must have missed that one
Just ordered one of those USB - HDMI-CEC Adapter as well, looked a useful gadget.