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Hetzkes Ballet Teacher
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Cheers TLR!
Just wanted to post about this that I just found, which may be "the answer" - everything Apple TV/WDTV/etc has, but also everything you wanted in them but couldn't get:
Cheap - 99 of your English pounds.
Powerful - Samsung 1ghz Cortex A8 ARM CPU (should be significantly gruntier than the Apple A4 in the ATV)
HD capable - HDMI with h/w 1080p H.264/MPEG2/MPEG4 decoding
Well connected - 3 x USB, HDMI, LAN, Wifi, SD card, Bluetooth, keyboard, mouse, remote control, etc, etc. From the CPU datasheet, there should also be USB OTG (ie device mode, eg. connect the box to your PC) and S/PDIF on the board if you want to wire a connector yourself.
Form - small, low power, fanless.
Completely open - best of all, a general purpose ARM box that you can hoy whatever software you like onto (comes with Android 2.2)
I think I'm going to order a shit load of these. Could well be the box I've been looking for for ages, that not only does network media player duties, but also all the other good stuff (asterisk, wifi access point, NAS, webcam portal, etc, etc).
Interesting that they also offer the micro keyboard/touchpad that I just posted about a few days ago (as it's perfect for an HTPC):
This box isn't a Kogan design btw, it's a generic Chinese OEM job (see a manufacturer demo here) that's also sold by others.
Just wanted to post about this that I just found, which may be "the answer" - everything Apple TV/WDTV/etc has, but also everything you wanted in them but couldn't get:
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Cheap - 99 of your English pounds.
Powerful - Samsung 1ghz Cortex A8 ARM CPU (should be significantly gruntier than the Apple A4 in the ATV)
HD capable - HDMI with h/w 1080p H.264/MPEG2/MPEG4 decoding
Well connected - 3 x USB, HDMI, LAN, Wifi, SD card, Bluetooth, keyboard, mouse, remote control, etc, etc. From the CPU datasheet, there should also be USB OTG (ie device mode, eg. connect the box to your PC) and S/PDIF on the board if you want to wire a connector yourself.
Form - small, low power, fanless.
Completely open - best of all, a general purpose ARM box that you can hoy whatever software you like onto (comes with Android 2.2)
I think I'm going to order a shit load of these. Could well be the box I've been looking for for ages, that not only does network media player duties, but also all the other good stuff (asterisk, wifi access point, NAS, webcam portal, etc, etc).
Interesting that they also offer the micro keyboard/touchpad that I just posted about a few days ago (as it's perfect for an HTPC):
Logon or register to see this image
This box isn't a Kogan design btw, it's a generic Chinese OEM job (see a manufacturer demo here) that's also sold by others.