I have a couple of different kinds of them and they rock. I have a friend who owns the flight school at the airport and loves to hack around, too. So we got one, got a TV, put Ubuntu on it with an SD card (picubuntu) and I set up a really simple script that init runs on vty1 to rotate through a set of images using a framebuffer image viewer. Laugh all you want, it works. I don't think it's ever crashed. If we need to do anything with it we simply can hook up a keyboard and mouse and do whatever (I left a regular login term on the second virtual term). They have 4GB of internal flash that works, too, but I figured it was easier to leave Android over there and use an SD card that I can pop into a Linux machine and work on if I need to.
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) <[email protected]> wrote: > I've used them in the past, they're great little boxes, they run a > standard Android load. You can install any Android apps that you can on a > phone or tablet, and connect a keyboard and mouse to it via the USB > connection it has. > > I hooked up a USB hub, a Logitech Unifying receiver, a keyboard + mouse, > and occasional storage devices to it. > > If you get the right one for your purpose, they run great. I recommend > them for most HTPC purposes. > > > " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, > the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all > irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and > warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all > damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG > episode "The Drumhead" > - Alex Smith > - Huntsville, Alabama metropolitan area USA > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Afternoon everyone, >> Does anyone have any experience with these RK3288 SOCs? There are many >> on the market in various forms (TV Stick like a chromecast, TV Box, or >> mini-PC). I have been tempted to get one for a while now and was wondering >> if anyone had any hard facts and opinions of them. >> >> Also, anyone have any experience with this seller? I doubt that anyone >> does but thought I would ask. >> >> Andy Farnsworth >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Gaoxin-Lory <[email protected]> >> Date: Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 4:14 AM >> Subject: >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> >> Dear Andrew Farnsworh, >> >> >> Our *NEW TV BOX model is arriving*, RK3288 QUAD CORE, price is *63.2* >> *USD/pc*. >> >> >> >> >> >> Android 4.4, 2G/8G, HDMI, WiFi(AC 2.4G/5G),DLNA, Mircast, Bluetooth, >> XBMC, support H.265 and 4K*2K. >> >> >> >> *Why do you need an Android TV BOX?* >> >> * Huge amounts of *3D Video Games* , TV became *Playstation*, play >> games with more excitement >> >> * Enjoy ample family movie experience >> >> * Create your own entertainment station, let your *TV became a computer* >> >> * Immediate Delivery, the lowest Factory Price >> >> >> >> Do you want to buy it now? Don't hesitate, take action now, come on. >> >> >> >> Let your life more colorful... >> >> Thanks&Best regards! >> >> >> >> Lory Li(Foreign sales) >> >> >> E-mail: *[email protected] <[email protected]> * >> >> Mobile: *+86-151 1261 1557* >> >> Whatsapp/Viber:* +86-151 1261 1557* >> >> Skype: *gaoxin-digital19* >> >> wechat: *Gaoxin-Lory* >> >> QQ: *205200379* >> ------------------------------ >> *ShenZhen GAOXIN Electronics Digital Co.,Ltd* >> *Tel:* +86 755 89485250 >> *Fax:* +86 755 29086086 >> >> *Yahoo ID: *gaoxin_digital19 >> >> Address: 2/F, D Bldg, YongQi Technology Industry, Hezhou, XiXiang, BaoAn, >> ShenZhen, China >> Website: >> >> Web1: >> http://gaoxin-mid.en.alibaba.com >> >> Web2: http://www.gaoxin-digital.com >> >> >> >> *NO ONE TIME BUSINESS, BUT ONE STOP SERVICE!* >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. [email protected] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- -- 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/d/optout.
