Small mkv player from Pen Drive / Hard Drive?

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Hello,

A friend is in the market for a small media player to prolong the life of a old TV, I've used a WDTV Live in the past and something similar would tick all the boxes.
Must have a USB port, WiFi and apps would be a bonus but not essential, hidden behind the TV so the smaller the better, cheaper the better as well...

Thanks,
 
Looking at a android box or similar.

I've got a Sumvision Micro 4+, it works well for video upto 1080p H264 but anything newer and it won't play. Doesn't have apps, but it has USB port, wifi, ethernet and optical digital out.
 
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have a look.

The "Raspberry Pi 3" looks good at £35, I could stick Kodi on it, anything beat it at that price point?

I've got a Nvidia Shield TV and love it, but my mate wants something cheaper...

Cheers
 
guess so using pi3 but they seem a bit fiddly to setup (I have one) plus need remote control, setting up network share. Also no coaxial/optical out.

The amlogic android boxes are apparently the better ones, as they have native kodi support, and 10 bit video playback. Minix have one about £100.
 
hornetstinger said:
guess so using pi3 but they seem a bit fiddly to setup (I have one) plus need remote control, setting up network share. Also no coaxial/optical out.

The amlogic android boxes are apparently the better ones, as they have native kodi support, and 10 bit video playback. Minix have one about £100.
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Pi3 hard to set-up? C'mon, downloading an image and writing it to an SD card is about as simple as it gets. Remote wise use CEC assuming your TV *and* cable support it or buy a Flirc. Personally i'd go FireTV4K (used), quick, cheap, well within budget and runs Kodi/VLC/Plex/emby etc.which open up a world of options.
 
Avalon said:
Pi3 hard to set-up? C'mon, downloading an image and writing it to an SD card is about as simple as it gets. Remote wise use CEC assuming your TV *and* cable support it or buy a Flirc. Personally i'd go FireTV4K (used), quick, cheap, well within budget and runs Kodi/VLC/Plex/emby etc.which open up a world of options.
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Automount network shares is a pain. Don't have CEC, AVR has no HDMI.

No digital audio to my AVR either.

I've used a Windows HTPC, and this seems to work better, and has outputs I need, IR USB dongle, etc.
 
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