<p dir="ltr">I've heard ifyy things about HD he IRL experience-- it should spec around what my Wii could do but w/o the powerpc speed & 'real' gfx acceleration. You'll have a smoother experience w/ something in the $100 price range (ouya, beagle board, passively-cooled Atom board?) but otherwise xmbc on pi is a drag-&-drop install (side maybe a boot loader but you should be able to find instructions online) but expect occasional sputtery lag you'd expect of your phone from 2010. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 4, 2013 6:00 PM, "Phil Spitler" <<a href="mailto:phil@bonfirelabs.com">phil@bonfirelabs.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">I have heard great things about xmbc on the Pi<div><br></div><div><a href="http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Raspberry_Pi" target="_blank">http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Raspberry_Pi</a></div><div>
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<br><div><div>On Oct 4, 2013, at 5:50 PM, Zach wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><div>Hey everyone,</div><div> I have a project idea of using a small 12v HDMI flatscreen I have in my car and installing a Raspberry Pi inside to use as a MEDIA CENTER! I simply want to put a USB drive with movies and TV shows I can watch in my car. I have NO knowledge of Linux though so Im wondering how hard this would be? A couple Qs:<br>
</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">1) where can I get Raspberry Pis for cheap? I remember at NB a while back someone was selling them for $20 (i think)</div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">2) would this work: <br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/7inch-AT070TN90-800-480-touch-panel-HDMI-VGA-2AV-Remote-for-Raspberry-Pi-DIY-/121130831984?pt=US_Server_Boards&hash=item1c33f5d070" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/itm/7inch-AT070TN90-800-480-touch-panel-HDMI-VGA-2AV-Remote-for-Raspberry-Pi-DIY-/121130831984?pt=US_Server_Boards&hash=item1c33f5d070</a></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
or this?</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Raspberry-Pi-Ultimate-XBMC-Media-Center-Wi-fi-Jailbroken-TV-Black-Slices-Case-/141061217133?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20d7e75b6d" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Raspberry-Pi-Ultimate-XBMC-Media-Center-Wi-fi-Jailbroken-TV-Black-Slices-Case-/141061217133?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20d7e75b6d</a></div>
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(note, I dont really care about the wifi or streaming TV abilities).</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
if someone is interested in helping with this project I can offer some $$, or a trade
of soldering skills and/or a laptop!</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">best,</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
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