Suggested software for a light media box

[Stephen Partington]

you could look at this
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/intel-next-unit-of-computing-desktop-kit-intel-celeron-silver-black/7580007.p?id=1219278233066

I personally use a combination of the fire stick and a chromecast.


On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Steven <stevensspam at cox.net> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I ran the numbers the other day and realized I could put together a
> small form factor box for less than $300 and hang it off the back of my
> TV. Nothing too fancy, a Gigabyte Brix 1900 bare bones with a celeron
> j1900, 8 gigs ram, and 120 gb  ssd, keyboardless at the moment, and
> hooked up to the TV through hdmi. Right now I have the 14.04 LTS version
> of Ubuntu running on it and connecting through VNC to control it.
>
> Does anyone here have anything similar set up? I know I can view youtube
> on the TV simply using a browser but I'm open to thoughts on alternate
> software/os-distributions/etc. If I'm reading things right then Netflix
> ought to be workable with an up to date browser and Amazon video with
> just a little effort.
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Stephen
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