Hi Stefan, On Aug 22, 2012 5:24 PM, "Stefan Roese" <s...@denx.de> wrote: > > Hi Graeme, > > On 08/21/2012 02:29 PM, Graeme Russ wrote: > >> http://www.j1nx.nl/xbmc-amlogic-8726-m-pivos-xios-an-initial-investigation/ > > > > Thanks for the link. Looks like it uses the same GPU (Mali 400) as the > > AllWinner A10 > > > > The Geniatech Enjoy TV series looks pretty good, particularly the ATV1000: > > > > http://geniatech.com/pa/atv1000.asp > > > > I can get an ATV1000 for ~AU$135 with: > > - 800MHz Cortex A9 (not sure if it's the dual-core AML8726-MX or the > > single core AML8726-M1) > > - A remote > > - 2x external USB > > - A nicer looking case (going by the photos) > > - No SATA connection > > - Better FOSS support (?) > > > > I can get a Mele A2000 for ~AU$100 with: > > - 1GHz Cortex A8 Allwinner A10 > > - No Remote > > - 3x External USB > > - A not so nice looking case > > - SATA > > - Worse FOSS support (?) > > > > Oh the agony :( > > > > Considering it will probably be turned into a disk-less Linux workstation > > in a couple of years, I'm leaning towards the ATV1000 (no need for SATA) > > > > Thoughts? > > As mentioned before, my focus is on XBMC support. The AmLogic seems to > be more promising right now. I personally would go with a 1GiB board > (not sure if really needed). The ATV310B looks good:
I ended up ordering a Mele A2000 w/ Remote & Debug Adapter. It came back to the fact that I was after a device to hack, not simply run XBMC. The Mele devices look like they are more hackable and the native SATA gives me one more part to play with :). And I think Allwinner will eventually come good on the VPU libraries. > > http://www.geniatech.com/pa/atv310.asp > > For ~ 120,- US$. Got the A2000 for AU$140 delivered Thanks for all the advice, Regards, Graeme
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