Re: Any experience with cubox-i?

[Moish]

On 13/01/2014 13:38, Amos Shapira wrote: On 13 January 2014 00:06, Moish <mo...@mln.co.il> wrote: Their product seems solid. Have you considered Apple TV? It's only  109 AUD down under :) Currently works for ios 6.1. What's the advantage of buying a locked-in hardware and having to jail-break it? It has a single-core A5 (I'm looking at the 3rd generation specs) vs. 4-core i.MX6 Quad. I guess if it can run anything but iOS then it'll require extra work compared to pre-loaded debian/ubuntu/whatever for the CuBOX. So again - what's the advantage of Apple TV hardware over the Cubox? Is the Apple TV more power efficient? Does it have more useful ports? (I couldn't find full specs to compare, seems they both have one HDMI port and support roughly the same kind of other inputs and outputs)?   rPi? I looked up "rpi" and the closest I found was the raspberry pi site with this quick-start-guide:  http://www.raspberrypi.org/quick-start-guide i.e. as far as I get it, I'll still have to find many parts around it. While it really sounds like fun to play with the rPi, i don't have time for this and am looking for something that I can can mostly plug, perhaps configure some software on, then use it.   I have 2 jb atv almost 2 years now, currently running xbmc v12.3 without a hiccup. Software selection is a bit scant I'll use rPI as servers for other apps. How did you get the hardware around the rPi? Thanks for your response. --Amos Core Shmor,  it just works :)  Installation was a breeze (inc jb), periodical "apt-get update" and good s/w support, although never needed it. I'm not h/w expert. I just gave my 2 cents and 'roo prices :) BTW  atv2+ has nand 8gb storage and there's an implementaion of lighttpd. rPi - it's a hobby. Absolutely :) You can't really use it unless you're willing to rely on mem cards and usb disks. You'll need to buy a box,memory cards, micro usb cable and power supply, 11n usb stick. Usb disks infamous (un)reliabilty (mem cards are even worse) hold me back until I'll decide how to handle h/w failures. Cubox's specs are fantastic, somewhat expensive. You must rely on mem cards and usb disks though. Since you're a linux expert, you'd buy a Cubox :)  but consider also an atv (find a version that can be JB or just wait for while). Cubox will most probably run xbmc oob, but atv is the one which will work eventually and continue to do so for a long time :) PS check xbmc hardware wiki http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Supported_hardware -- Moish

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