09-29-2016, 09:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-29-2016, 09:01 PM by chasbel2112.)
(09-29-2016, 08:48 PM)pfeerick Wrote:(09-29-2016, 10:33 AM)chasbel2112 Wrote:(09-29-2016, 10:16 AM)Luke Wrote: Nice, good write-up
Well I thought so too, but it doesn't really address performance post build. Does anyone know what I would be looking at there?
I can't really compare the pine64 to a roku (due to lack of ownership of such a unit)... but, I can say the Android performance on a 1GB pine64 seems pretty reasonable. I certainly don't see any issue with it being used as a streaming box type of setup. I had no issues with youtube playback on a 1080p display, and if it can do that, it will have no issues with playback from my DLNA server.
I do have an issue with this line of that tutorial "A 5v power adapter with micro USB (a cellphone charger will work)" [my emphasis] ... no... no... no! A 5v power adapter with micro USB and a minimum of 2A rating will 'work'... since cellphone charges can range from 500ma to 2-3A and also be 'smart chargers'... that is just begging for trouble!
Don't worry, I was just gonna get the power adapter available for sale!
There is one more concern of mine though, and that is there seems to be some dispute over Netflix - the tutorial indicates that the result of the box is a 4K ready streaming device, but some things I've seen imply that HD playback does not work on Netflix with this set up. Anyone know?
