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Old 23rd May 2012, 09:33   #1
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My friend and I have been looking at the Allwinner A10 as a possible HTPC replacement. It runs Android 4.0 ICS, has a 1.5Ghz ARM CPU, a Mali 400 GPU, and 512MB of RAM.

However, it only has wireless (booo). Not only that but, buying something pre-made just isn’t the Bit Tech way is it now? I was wondering, is there an equally low cost alternative that I could build myself? I’ll fab the case out of Acryllic, but what about the rest?

Must haves
Smooth 1080p playback
Network (Ethernet) port

Would be Nice:
XBMC Compatible

Any recommendations or ideas?

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Old 23rd May 2012, 09:50   #3
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As above.

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Old 23rd May 2012, 10:00   #4
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Sure sure, but they are just impossible to get hold of!
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Mine is due in 2 weeks. Did you register interest? Stock should be arriving soon and in large numbers hopefully
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Old 23rd May 2012, 10:26   #6
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I did, but not til recently. Hopefully the numbers are large enough!
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Alternatively then,

What kind of TV is it, and what kind of content do you watch?

an Apple TV 2 might be the suitor for you?
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Alternatively then,

What kind of TV is it, and what kind of content do you watch?

an Apple TV 2 might be the suitor for you?
Hack on XBMC?
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Hack on XBMC?
Yup, a simple jailbreak, then there's an installer you can run.

I would have done this ages ago, but ATV2 is limited to 720p... That's it's only downside.
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Planning to use my Rapsberry as a learning unit for XBMC whilst I have a stable working build in use. Simple and cheap option
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Old 23rd May 2012, 13:09   #12
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DancingBear84 just sorted me out with a spare Raspberry PI order code he had! What an absolute legend!

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No worries.
It seems fair to me as I wasn't going to use it.
And before anyone else asks, no, I don't have any more.

I've not been called a legend for a while.
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No worries.
It seems fair to me as I wasn't going to use it.
And before anyone else asks, no, I don't have any more.

I've not been called a legend for a while.
Ah well you are today!
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