Airbender 113 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Hi Found this on Yahoo News sound inserting but i did not like it Asus Chromebox: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/asus-chromebox-a-tiny-cheap-very-useful-computer-79473333263.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macburp 109 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 I suppose some bright spark could hack the OS and put linux on it - I think that was done to the original samsung chromebox - and then you'd have a good little htpc. But there is no linux client . I suppose you could run XBMC.... I'm in the market for a cheap as chips client box that could serve as main htpc (roku is a bedroom box, NUCs are getting expensive, Raspberry Pi doesn't have enough graphics ooomph), these chromeboxes could fit the bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender 113 Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 Why run xbmc mybe mb3 web client my friend Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1592 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 I assume he means with XBMB3C. Web client isn't very remote control friendly xnappo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koleckai Silvestri 1150 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 The web client is shaping up to be a nice client in its own right. On my desktop, I don't need a remote. Have actually been debating purchasing one of these for a third screen. Almost all my work is done on the internet anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender 113 Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 I assume he means with XBMB3C. Web client isn't very remote control friendly xnappo Hi well if you think about MB3 as incomplete products then mybe you are right but MB3 is not incomplete product it is Beta so wait and see and you will be happy in 2 years ,,, to be honest XBMC is gone with the wind now the competition is between MB3 and plex only and the way i see it mb3 is wining even at beta stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1592 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) , to be honest XBMC is gone with the wind now the competition is between MB3 and plex only and the way i see it mb3 is wining even at beta stage Yes - XBMC vs MediaBrowser is so 2010. I consider XBMC now to be a skinning engine for FFmpeg - which it does very well. The shared media database and metadata management can't come close to MB3. With XBMB3C though - you get a thin-client capable (Linux) MB3 client - the only one available right now. The only thing 'XBMC' is doing is acting as the skinning interface to the player. Have you tried it out? We have several MB3 custom skins now and support more MB3 features than some of the other clients! (NextUp TV and in-progress movies/TV for example). xnappo [EDIT] PS - this NUC is a great deal - this is what I use for my home theatre - just need this, an IR receiver, a memory stick, and a usb drive - cheaper than the ChromeBox: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Next-Computing-Black-BOXDCCP847DYE/dp/B00B7I8HZ4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1395063892&sr=8-2&keywords=intel+nuc Edited March 17, 2014 by xnappo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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