Keep in mind that if you will be leaving the box on all the time that a
PC will eat about $20 to $30 a month in power while a little dedicated
box like this or a roku will only eat a dollar or less in power each month.
You would be better off spending the money for the the lower power
system since it will quickly pay for it's self.
I've got 2 computers that are working perfectly for my MythTV setup and
I've been looking for the right low power machine to replace them even
though they are working perfectly just because of their power usage.
Brian
On 08/05/2014 09:31 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> Yeah? The box it is replacing is an old IBM NetVISTA which worked great
> as my TV server until it had a cascade of failures. Right now I'm using
> my father's NUC as the tv server but he is going to want it back at some
> point. I can buy an old computer for about the same price as that little
> Box so I think I will buy the new box.
>
> Amazon firebox (just got that message)? I'll look into it!
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 4:13 AM, Mark Phillips
> <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz <mailto:mark@phillipsmarketing.biz>> wrote:
>
> The review from Camy72 would keep me from buying it. However, I
> don't know what you are trying to accomplish, so it may be great for
> your application.
>
> Personally, I use an old pc with a big hard drive for personal video
> streaming to my TV over my network, and a ROKU box for Netflix,
> Amazon, Hulu, etc. Roku boxes are great...they just work, at least
> for me.
>
> Mark
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:30 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com
> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I'm thinking of buying this:
>
> http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_67822.html
>
> You guys and gals know better than I so I must as what you think.
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
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