Shorty Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Did you ever sort something for this, @Oxigen_Waste ? I bought myself an Emachines ER1401 and installed OpenElec on it (a mod of XBMC) and I control it using a smartphone app. You can even turn it on using Wake-on-LAN function. It was about £105 on eBay although stock is scarce now, but there are a few other alternatives with similar spec. Plays anything I can throw at it, including 1080p MKV files with subs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxigen_Waste Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Did you ever sort something for this, @Oxigen_Waste ? I bought myself an Emachines ER1401 and installed OpenElec on it (a mod of XBMC) and I control it using a smartphone app. You can even turn it on using Wake-on-LAN function. It was about £105 on eBay although stock is scarce now, but there are a few other alternatives with similar spec. Plays anything I can throw at it, including 1080p MKV files with subs. Yeah, I sorted it. I found a loophole. I sold my old (1 year old) laptop for +/- 500£ and since my cousing was going to new york, gave him 390£ for him to buy a mac mini and installed windows 7 in a partition, so... best of both worlds, really. It kind of became my main pc, mostly... but I also have a desktop. But the plan's not over there... With the leftover £ plus a little more... I'll eventually buy an asus transformer (or something of similar nature) when it becomes good enough (aka when it actually works like a netbook which doubles as a pad). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Told you a Mac Mini was a good option! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emasher Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 At this point its looking like the raspberry pi ($25-$35) might actually be decent for media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxigen_Waste Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 Told you a Mac Mini was a good option! Yep, but it's expensivo! I only bought it 'coz of the loophole, really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Yeah I don't blame you. I nearly picked up some Apple products while in New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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