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  • 22-11-2016 11:33am
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    Jan_de_Bakker
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    Hi there,
    I'm looking to finally update my media player (Popcorn A110) which has been great for 7 years but finally its time to move on,
    It started labouring with the Jungles episode of Planet Earth 2 last night (1080p video 45 Mbps+).

    Anyway looking at the A500 model, it looks nice - and has network streaming which is a huge plus ..


    http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=73953

    Also any other suggestions welcome,

    J


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    lucast2007us
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    Look into a Intel NUC on Amazon even the celeron version would suit.


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    Movie Maestro
    Registered Users Posts: 758 ✭✭✭Movie Maestro


    lucast2007us wrote: »
    Look into a Intel NUC on Amazon even the celeron version would suit.

    Gotta agree 100% with this, I had the Popcornhour C-200 for a couple of years way back before I switched to a HTPC. It worked well but was a bit cumbersome to configure and I always wanted something more. I spent a lot of time on the NMT forums. I'd never got back to an NMT now - a cheap NUC is the way to go running Kodi. The customisation is incredible and compatibility is perfect :)


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    Jan_de_Bakker
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    664 € ... thats for the i7 one .... , what would I need to play 4k content ?


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    Jan_de_Bakker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭Jan_de_Bakker


    What about a Roku 3 - can that play media from a HDD or does it only stream ?


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    beardybrewer
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    I got the nVidia Shield and it's been an excellent Android box. Finally able to have Netflix and Kodi on the same machine/remote is nice.

    Are you hoping to stream from your media player to other devices or talking about just streaming content TO the player? For the former I would think a NAS is the way to go leaving you with lower hardware reqs for the media player allowing it to be upgraded/changed independently.


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    Jan_de_Bakker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭Jan_de_Bakker


    Streaming is nice, but also to be able to play local MKV/AVI files like the Popcorn does ... some of those HTPCs look nice, but Eur600 is pricey..


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    degsie
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    FireTV with Kodi is a good solution. Newer versions play 4K.


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    Jan_de_Bakker
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    degsie wrote: »
    FireTV with Kodi is a good solution. Newer versions play 4K.

    Local too ?

    Cheers .. will check it out ..


    edit hmmm not looking good for mkv...

    https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-play-MKV-files-on-Amazon-Fire-TV


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    degsie
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    Jan_de_Bakker wrote: »
    Local too ?

    Cheers .. will check it out ..


    edit hmmm not looking good for mkv...

    https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-play-MKV-files-on-Amazon-Fire-TV

    MKV's play fine via native Kodi player, that article is referring to using Plex which is not needed.


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