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[sledgehammer]

Anyone got one ?

what image are you using ?

I used search - but nothing relevant came up

reminds me of the ZX82 on steroids

[Alex_B]

Ahh I was planning to use one of these as a carputer but that idea fell through and havent thought about it since, might have to invest in one at somepoint though!

[Deathrow]

We've got one in our kitchen for playing music off the network.

I've just bought one for my mother to use as a HTPC.

I've considered one as an in car computer just because of the endless possibilities there are for it. Mostly, I like the idea of pulling on to the drive, the Pi connecting to my home wireless network and automatically synchronising my music.

[paul_s]

We've got one set up under the tv as a media centre, plus it's plugged into the hifi so doubles as an Airplay receiver for the iDevices.

For the money well worth it I'd say, plus I can use my phone as the remote control!

[Deathrow]

paul_s, does your TV support HDMI-CEC? If it does and you're using raspbmc you can use your TV remote to control the Pi.

[paul_s]

Unfortunately not, it's so old it's only DVI not even HDMI! Shame as that'd be really nice.
A new TV was on the cards but the mini has just failed its MOT and I'm not even sure I can afford to keep it :-(

[sledgehammer]

raspbmc

that is what I just downloaded today - looks promising

[Deathrow]

raspbmc

that is what I just downloaded today - looks promising

I had a play with that but it was a right pain in the back side, just didn't want to work right. In the end I used the Raspberry Pi build of openELEC and it's been golden .

Unfortunately not, it's so old it's only DVI not even HDMI! Shame as that'd be really nice.
A new TV was on the cards but the mini has just failed its MOT and I'm not even sure I can afford to keep it :-(

You've got to check for it, I use an Acer Revo on my TV at home and it doesn't support HDMI-CEC but my TV does. The Pi supports it so I thought great, my Mum just got a new TV so that should have it since my 3 year old TV does. Nope, not included. Quite frustrating.

Sorry to hear about the Mini, how bad is the fail sheet?

[paul_s]

I used the Raspberry Pi build of openELEC and it's been golden .

I found it a bit of a pain but got there in the end. Need to give openELEC a go too though, some day.

You've got to check for it, I use an Acer Revo on my TV at home and it doesn't support HDMI-CEC but my TV does. The Pi supports it so I thought great, my Mum just got a new TV so that should have it since my 3 year old TV does. Nope, not included. Quite frustrating.

Sorry to hear about the Mini, how bad is the fail sheet?

Thanks for the heads up. Looking at the Samsung ones they seem to have it but I will check before buying one.

The fail sheet isn't so bad, but lots of advisories on rust which won't go through next year. Will be starting a new thread when it's back, asking for advice!

[JustSteve]

Apple pi is much nicer ;)

[Tommyboy12]

Ive been playing with Android 2.3 on mine. Although I cant optimise it enough to run smoothly so I will probably switch back to linux.

[Deathrow]

I used the Raspberry Pi build of openELEC and it's been golden .

I found it a bit of a pain but got there in the end. Need to give openELEC a go too though, some day.

You've got to check for it, I use an Acer Revo on my TV at home and it doesn't support HDMI-CEC but my TV does. The Pi supports it so I thought great, my Mum just got a new TV so that should have it since my 3 year old TV does. Nope, not included. Quite frustrating.

Sorry to hear about the Mini, how bad is the fail sheet?

Thanks for the heads up. Looking at the Samsung ones they seem to have it but I will check before buying one.

The fail sheet isn't so bad, but lots of advisories on rust which won't go through next year. Will be starting a new thread when it's back, asking for advice!

I think Samsung market it as Anynet+. I looked it up on their site and they were very proud that they've been supporting it since 2007. I've no idea why they didn't include it on the set my mother bought. Oh well!

Crack the welder out .