GavinCampbell Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I'm looking to replace my bedroom ATV2 with a new media player. Does anybody have any experience with or can recommend something that meets these requirements? can run win7/win8 with xbmc (this is a must) small and quiet (will leave on all the time) Can handle 720p minimum. Not looking for a powerhouse. Its for the bedroom. stereo output is fine Good built in WiFI (N minimum) Built in IR reciever, if none then at least a USB port so I can use FLIRC Around the 100$ mark. Above or below is fine. Doesn't need a lot of storage as very little is stored locally. Its all pulled from the server. Hopefully there is something good out there that can do all this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I like HP 8200 USDT when I can find them cheap: http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/getDocument.aspx?docname=c04168353 2.5" x 10" x 10" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 $185 i5 4GB 500GB DisplayPort with audio I would confirm that it comes with Win7 Pro COA http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Compaq-8200-Elite-USDT-Intel-Core-i5-2500S-2-70GHz-4GB-500GB-GE497-/381138498343?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58bd9ff327 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I don't know of anything in that price range. Only ones I can think of cost several hundred $. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 If you need to stay closer to $100, look for a local shop that sells returned business pc's: Dell, HP, Lenovo: 4" x 13" x 15" http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-DC5850-SFF-Desktop-Athlon-Dual-Core-5000B-2-6GHz-2GB-320GB-w-Win-7-/141531612036?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20f3f10384 If you need to stay closer to $100, look for a local shop that sells returned business pc's: Dell, HP, Lenovo: 4" x 13" x 15" http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-DC5850-SFF-Desktop-Athlon-Dual-Core-5000B-2-6GHz-2GB-320GB-w-Win-7-/141531612036?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20f3f10384 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Yeah, I would say that used/refurb are the only real options in that price range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinCampbell Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Thanks for the recommendations. Also, just ran across this in another thread. Looks promissing. Just nervous about jumping on something so new just for it to let me down. Need to do a bunch of review lookups on it too. http://www.geekbuying.com/item/PIPO-X7-Windows-8-1-Smart-Mini-PC-TV-Box-Media-Player-2G-RAM-32G-ROM-Intel-3736F-2-16GHz-Quad-Core---Black-340056.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Thanks for the recommendations. Also, just ran across this in another thread. Looks promissing. Just nervous about jumping on something so new just for it to let me down. Need to do a bunch of review lookups on it too. http://www.geekbuying.com/item/PIPO-X7-Windows-8-1-Smart-Mini-PC-TV-Box-Media-Player-2G-RAM-32G-ROM-Intel-3736F-2-16GHz-Quad-Core---Black-340056.html They are OK to stream, but limited storage space locally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Interesting little box. If it's only for streaming it might be OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinCampbell Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 They are OK to stream, but limited storage space locally. Ya. It looks like it may be a nice box. Storage space isn't big. As long as it can hold the OS xbmc and a few plugins everything is pulled from my server. Very little is stored locally. I'm going to dig a bit more into this and see if it will be worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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