Hey all, Got know Idea what I'm looking for, I only have limited knowledge about computers and hardware specs. Long story short I'm looking for a computer to have on my TV unit to run to the tv and to be used only with the tv, what should I be looking at as I only need it to be quick enough/Good enough to run Netflix, YouTube etc. No gaming planed. Laptop vs desktop $ for $? Mini pc vs normal size? Built pc as I have mates that can build? What hard ware spec to look for or must haves?
All help is appreciated.
Cheers
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Vodafone TV $72 free delivery
Although you can't beat what is linked above
Last edited by ol' boy; 14-04-20 at 10:13 AM.
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
Cheers, Tiny
"You can lead a person to knowledge, but you can't make them think? If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
The information is out there; you just have to let it in."
I have another 2 Vodafone TV units arriving today
For $144 for 2 units (DVB-T2 + Android) they are hard to beat
They do everything i ask, load and run the dodgest apps
Play YT, Netflix and Plex in 1080p, they can do 4K, but i really don't bother with 4K
Its a bit hard on the old 3G connection
And considering these devices seem to have a new version out every couple of years, its hard to pay anymore for them than necessary
The Vodafone unit is tiny and the remote is BT
So you can hide the unit behind the TV with velcro or have it behind a closed cupboard door
Last edited by ol' boy; 14-04-20 at 11:08 AM.
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
Ok, a bit of research & it is a simple streaming box.
I sometimes like to queue up shows by downloading them first as our internet speed can be variable & I hate buffering in the middle of a really good show.
So does it have the ability to download & store?
Can the storage be added to by USB drive/s?
Cheers, Tiny
"You can lead a person to knowledge, but you can't make them think? If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
The information is out there; you just have to let it in."
Hmmmm, okay thanks for the advice and info guys. I was looking at building a pc for around the 800-1k mark just for the uses i listed above but if yous think the nvidia tv is the way to go I'm happyer with those prices.
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Yes, you can add USB or NAS
The latest Android update on these units removed support for NTFS formatted USB drives apparently
Many people are upset about this, apparently its an Android thing??
There are small Apps you can run so it will Read/Write to NTFS USB drives again
Personally, my days of storage are over
You could run a FAT32 thumb drive in there Tiny or have the Vodafone box stream from your networked PC where you are doing the downloading from
Last edited by ol' boy; 14-04-20 at 09:18 PM.
If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!
Tiny (15-04-20)
I have recently purchased the Nvidia Shield and am very happy with most things
4K streaming without any problems on average Internet speed
Have Kodi setup and running great, which also runs my movies tv etc from usb drive.
It is a bit expensive compared to the chinese things around (some good some bad) but is one of
only a few TV boxes Google Certified.
Have yous nvidia uses been able to join the geforce games account??
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