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Openelec or XBMC

Sir Osis of Liver. · 2013-07-29 16:18:23

I have an old pc I want to use as a media centre with a 42" samsung. What would ye recommend, openelec or xbmc? I wont be using it for anything else so i"ll be removing the windows os. I hope to mainly use navi-x ,youtube and icefilms.

29-07-2013 5:18pm

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I have an old pc I want to use as a media centre with a 42" samsung.
What would ye recommend, openelec or xbmc?
I wont be using it for anything else so i"ll be removing the windows os.
I hope to mainly use navi-x ,youtube and icefilms.

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#2 29-07-2013 6:26pm

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OpenElec is XBMC, running in a custom Linux OS.

It takes a few seconds to install it so just try it and decide for yourself.

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#3 30-07-2013 1:23am

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open elec is great as for addons try out one channel and mash-up

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#4 03-08-2013 8:51am

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I would vote for openelec also.

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