drvnbysound
Senior Member
Is anyone here actively running/using XMBC (aka Kodi)?
I've had a SageTV setup for a few years now and obviously realize that there is no future development. While the product continues to work fine, it's stagnant. So I'm starting to investigate other alternatives. The biggest WIN for me is that SageTV utilizes small-form factor media extenders. I can easily hid the HD200 or HD300 extender(s) behind a wall mounted LCD TV. This provides me with a very clean/elegant setup without a need for any additional supporting furniture or stands.
For those who are using XMBC, what hardware are you running it on? Again, I'm looking for something that's relatively small in size. I've seen that they have a version for the RPi; unfortunately due to the limitations of the device I've also read that it has issues handling 1080p video/movies. This is not a problem that I have with the HD200 or HD300 extenders - I can stream (non-transcoded/non-compressed) BluRay rips without any issues.
Lastly, what back end(s) are you guys using? I'm vaguely family with Plex, NextPVR, MediaPortal, and MythTV. I need to do some deeper research here again... because I don't want to lose any of the capability that I currently have - mainly NVR, movie repository, and commercial skip!
I've had a SageTV setup for a few years now and obviously realize that there is no future development. While the product continues to work fine, it's stagnant. So I'm starting to investigate other alternatives. The biggest WIN for me is that SageTV utilizes small-form factor media extenders. I can easily hid the HD200 or HD300 extender(s) behind a wall mounted LCD TV. This provides me with a very clean/elegant setup without a need for any additional supporting furniture or stands.
For those who are using XMBC, what hardware are you running it on? Again, I'm looking for something that's relatively small in size. I've seen that they have a version for the RPi; unfortunately due to the limitations of the device I've also read that it has issues handling 1080p video/movies. This is not a problem that I have with the HD200 or HD300 extenders - I can stream (non-transcoded/non-compressed) BluRay rips without any issues.
Lastly, what back end(s) are you guys using? I'm vaguely family with Plex, NextPVR, MediaPortal, and MythTV. I need to do some deeper research here again... because I don't want to lose any of the capability that I currently have - mainly NVR, movie repository, and commercial skip!