Acer Revo RL70 -> Raspberry Pi3

oHUTCHYo · 2 Oct 2016 at 14:19

Anyone else made the transition from a Revo to a Pi3?

I'd be losing a little performance and HD audio passthrough, but likewise I'd be gaining a much smaller footprint, absent hard drive noise and a coolness factor.

Any opinions on the Pi3 as a Kodi box? My fave skin is Arctic Zephyr, would this perform smoothly?

I believe I would also need to pick up a FLIRC to use with my Harmony Smart control. Currently I use a HP MCE USB receiver with my Revo.

silverblack · 2 Oct 2016 at 14:38

Better off getting a Fire TV box inc Kodi,far more options.
I got rid of the Revo and got a Shield TV but the Fire TV has more options re Apps.

Psycho Sonny · 3 Oct 2016 at 08:52

Does pi3 do 4k?

james.miller · 3 Oct 2016 at 10:23

no it doesnt.

Deep · 3 Oct 2016 at 10:37

Can the Pi3 do full 30gb blu ray rips?

Psycho Sonny · 3 Oct 2016 at 12:59

I would get an amazon 4k fire tv then. small footprint. lots of power and can sideload apps.

oHUTCHYo · 3 Oct 2016 at 19:08

Thanks chaps, I'll check out the Fire

Flibster · 3 Oct 2016 at 19:54

Does the Fire Stick/TV handle 24p properly yet?

jpaul · 3 Oct 2016 at 22:07

when Roku 4 (4k version) gets released in the UK what will be the difference between this and the Amazon 4k fire ? should be before xmas no ? and seems there will be a chromecast 4k press release this week
maybe amazon are more likely to do a fire tv deal on next black friday, than a roku deal.

silverblack · 3 Oct 2016 at 22:57

They regularly reduce the price of Fire Tv to £65.

http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Amazon-Fire-TV-4K-Ultra/product/B00UH2O6T2

nicknack35 · 4 Oct 2016 at 23:14

Deep said:
Can the Pi3 do full 30gb blu ray rips?

I have the pi3 and it handles full 30gig MKV BluRay rips no problem i use it for Rasplex

nicknack35 · 4 Oct 2016 at 23:23

Psycho Sonny said:
Does pi3 do 4k?

Im not 100% sure but i think the Odroid C2 can output 4k its simlar to the pi3

http://hackaday.com/2016/03/02/odroid-c2-bests-raspberry-pi-3-in-several-ways/

james.miller · 5 Oct 2016 at 08:02

yes, the odroid c2 has a hdmi 2.0 port

jpaul · 5 Oct 2016 at 11:28

The pi3 does not have the hevc/h265 hardware codec support afaik, so that seems limiting if you want to connect it directly to a tv ie. as a kodi client as opposed to server. as a server I guess it could stream h265 to a tv that support h265 though.
(So, also wanting Netflix +kodi, I am considering 4K amazon or roku boxes - but apparently they do not support 2160p60/50 which is utube capability)