Watch out because the Cortex A9 1.5 GHz core is still too vague to judge the overall performance. How many cores? But most importantly (!!!): what kind of GPU accompanies it!
Since you are talking about plugging it into a TV, then it must be some newer flat screen I guess (older TVs don't have USB or HDMI connection). Starting from that immediately comes that you may want to watch some Youtube or other streaming video from it. And then we are at a possible HD resolution because of the TV, and it's not trivial to handle that. The GPU should have enough juice + hardware support for that. PLUS the operating system (in our case Linux/Android) should be able to support that either with acceptable drivers. So I just say before you buy it try it out how it handles large resolution streaming stuff. Csaba ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Steven S. Critchfield [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 8:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [nlug] Inexpensive Computer Big deal here to watch out for is what is the possibility of flashing new roms to it. We use one here at the office called a smartstick for displaying our HUD. The HUD was originally driven from a PC in a closet with some really long cables. Then we moved to a raspberry pie, and now the android stick. The stick can occasionally fail and lock up. The browsers we can run sometimes don't render well. BTW, what looks like USB is really the HDMI port. I plugs right into the TV. The USB port is for power, and usually uses a wall wart. ----- Original Message ----- > I was reading over the morning ads and came across an interesting > device that I had never seen before. One of those "makes sense, but I > didn't know > they did that" sort of things. > > It is an Android system, running off a USB stick, that you plug into > your TV's HDMI port, with wifi. Not sure I have a use for it, but I do > see a > niche market for such a device. > > Found it from today's CNet Cheapskate bonus deal: > http://news.cnet.com/cheapskate/ > > "CorteX-A9 1.5 GHz Android 4.0 HDMI TV Stick with Built-in WiFi, DDR3 > 1024 MB 32 bit and 4 GB Flash Memory" > Shortened URL to product: http://bit.ly/Yt7Now > > Paul Boniol > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] For more options, visit this > group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Steven Critchfield [email protected] -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
