I'm currently in the process of gutting a house I've purchased and doing it up completely. I'm taking advantage of this to fit a Cat5e network throughout with a some sort of file server located under the stairs.
I currently have a HTPC using an Antec Fusion which stores all of my movies and TV series locally and playback is via Kodi (XBMC).
As I'll be eventually moving to a central file server I want to switch to something much smaller, quieter and hassle free.
All I want the box to do is
From what I gather I can side load Kodi onto Fire TV and Nexus player, but how easy is this and does it boot straight into it without having to open it separately?
HTPC wise I was looking at the Antec ISK110 with (AMD or Intel, whichever is cheapest), I already have a spare copy of Win 7 I could transfer over.
Which option is going to satisfy the above requirements?
I currently have a HTPC using an Antec Fusion which stores all of my movies and TV series locally and playback is via Kodi (XBMC).
As I'll be eventually moving to a central file server I want to switch to something much smaller, quieter and hassle free.
All I want the box to do is
- Play 1080p movies from file server
- View Photos from file server
- Play music from server
- Play Netflix, iPlayer etc
From what I gather I can side load Kodi onto Fire TV and Nexus player, but how easy is this and does it boot straight into it without having to open it separately?
HTPC wise I was looking at the Antec ISK110 with (AMD or Intel, whichever is cheapest), I already have a spare copy of Win 7 I could transfer over.
Which option is going to satisfy the above requirements?