The Android type. I went through several and just bad timing on my part even got one of the 3188T models that nobody told anybody about till too late.
I even finally bucked up and got a Minix x7 Mini.
But the network performance still was junk, and looking back I could have just built the HTPC I ended up building for less than the cost of what I've got in these little devices now. I did manage to send the Minix back for a refund, but still have about $100 in sticks collecting dust now.
I love the idea of these things, but my mini-itx SFF OpenELEC HTPC for around $200 just completely blows any of them away. It's silent, sips power, and runs normal x86_64 stuff. And most importantly for how I use it, streaming literally everything from my NAS raid box, the NIC performance on my Gbit LAN is as fast as Gbit should be.
I'm just curious then. Who is using one of these things for a serious HTPC replacement instead of just a hobby? I hope to be able to some day, but to me they still don't cut it.
Thoughts?
I even finally bucked up and got a Minix x7 Mini.
But the network performance still was junk, and looking back I could have just built the HTPC I ended up building for less than the cost of what I've got in these little devices now. I did manage to send the Minix back for a refund, but still have about $100 in sticks collecting dust now.
I love the idea of these things, but my mini-itx SFF OpenELEC HTPC for around $200 just completely blows any of them away. It's silent, sips power, and runs normal x86_64 stuff. And most importantly for how I use it, streaming literally everything from my NAS raid box, the NIC performance on my Gbit LAN is as fast as Gbit should be.
I'm just curious then. Who is using one of these things for a serious HTPC replacement instead of just a hobby? I hope to be able to some day, but to me they still don't cut it.
Thoughts?
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