xr6tnv PC LOAD LETTER Donating Members 388 Member For: 13y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 13/05/14 12:25 AM Share Posted 13/05/14 12:25 AM I've been looking around at these Raspberry Pi's for awhile and trying to convince myself of if I bought one what I'd actually use it for... There are plenty of projects out there, I'm just wondering if in the long run I'd use it or if it would collect dust.Anyone else got one of these mini computers and what do you use it for??http://www.raspberrypi.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 9m 1d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 13/05/14 12:38 AM Share Posted 13/05/14 12:38 AM Wonderful piece of tech - cheap and does so much.Not for me though as anything other than an interest/plaything.Everything I'd possibly use one for is already achieved a lot easier using my current tech, which can do a hell of a lot more at the same time.A few years ago (or a bit longer) I could have seen myself using one hooked to the TV, one in the car as a media server, one at home as a torrent box/server, but with consoles hooked to the telly, iPod integration in the car and storage as cheap as it is and direct streaming so easy I'd have to go out of my way to actually use one.One of the Android Sticks would more likely be something I'd keep in my toolkit as an emergency, but it's probably be in my laptop/tablet bag that I keep it - and I'd probably just pull out the lappy or tablet instead of firing it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecaBoy Donating Members 203 Member For: 15y 9m 23d Posted 13/05/14 12:41 AM Share Posted 13/05/14 12:41 AM I run one on all of my tvs at home as a media centre running xbmc and they all play anything thrown at it from my server on the network.great little unit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZYWALKER XR50T Gold Donating Members 2,795 Member For: 11y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: Western Sydney Posted 13/05/14 06:38 AM Share Posted 13/05/14 06:38 AM They're a good bit of kit. I use mine with XMBC. Can't fault it as a media centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6tnv PC LOAD LETTER Donating Members 388 Member For: 13y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 15/05/14 04:52 AM Author Share Posted 15/05/14 04:52 AM Wonderful piece of tech - cheap and does so much.Not for me though as anything other than an interest/plaything.Everything I'd possibly use one for is already achieved a lot easier using my current tech, which can do a hell of a lot more at the same time.A few years ago (or a bit longer) I could have seen myself using one hooked to the TV, one in the car as a media server, one at home as a torrent box/server, but with consoles hooked to the telly, iPod integration in the car and storage as cheap as it is and direct streaming so easy I'd have to go out of my way to actually use one.One of the Android Sticks would more likely be something I'd keep in my toolkit as an emergency, but it's probably be in my laptop/tablet bag that I keep it - and I'd probably just pull out the lappy or tablet instead of firing it up.That's what I thought, it seems that I can do all this on my laptop and desktop at the moment. I guess the only thing I would use it for is trying online projects that people have done in the past and even then the coding ones can be done in a dev space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6tnv PC LOAD LETTER Donating Members 388 Member For: 13y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 15/05/14 04:54 AM Author Share Posted 15/05/14 04:54 AM I run one on all of my tvs at home as a media centre running xbmc and they all play anything thrown at it from my server on the network.great little unit! They're a good bit of kit.I use mine with XMBC. Can't fault it as a media centre.A mate a work hooked his up to the big screen TV in the office and ran XMBC, seemed to work quite nicely but rarely used :(I've already got an Apple TV connected to one TV at home and that works ok... bit too locked down with no jailbreak though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecaBoy Donating Members 203 Member For: 15y 9m 23d Posted 16/05/14 02:49 AM Share Posted 16/05/14 02:49 AM this is why I now run rpi's with xbmc. I used to run atv2's (jailbroken with xbmc) but due to only 720p output, I changed to rpi. you can also buy a flirc ir receiver for the rpi and train it to use your tv remote to control the rpi. fantastic little gadget! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZYWALKER XR50T Gold Donating Members 2,795 Member For: 11y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: Western Sydney Posted 16/05/14 03:46 AM Share Posted 16/05/14 03:46 AM ^^If your lucky a cheap RF USB dongle will work with your TV remote, did for me anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6tnv PC LOAD LETTER Donating Members 388 Member For: 13y 1m 9d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 17/05/14 01:57 AM Author Share Posted 17/05/14 01:57 AM Yeah the rpi has much more flexibility when it comes to media, makes me think that once the lounge room is setup I should hook one up to the tv... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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