Re: [ukha_d] Acer Revo 3600's for £130 inc VAT

[Mark J Cox <mark@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Jay Roche <ofthefuture@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I know there was a little talk about these on here recently, and I
apprec=
iate that these are the smaller brother to the 3610. =C2=A0However I
seemed=
to remember were mentioned in the thread to cope well enough for some medi=
a playback. =C2=A0And at this price...
>
> Ebuyer have them for =C2=A3130 inc VAT - limited to 1 per customer.
>
> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167153

It's been a few years since I spent too much money on ukha-d bulk
buys, but this hint was too tempting to miss.  I just bought the stock
3600 without any memory upgrade, and since I'm not that familiar with
Ubuntu used the instructions at
http://www.interworks.com/blogs/rboyles/2010/01/31/hd-playback-xbmc-acer-as=
pire-revo
to get XBNC live running (and the instructions at
http://morningbeat.blogspot.com/2010/01/xbmc-911-on-acer-aspire-revo.html
to get wireless running), and in less than an hour had it serving
video from my samba shares.

It's pretty nippy, has played all content (including 1080p stuff)
without a hitch; the only time the video is a little jumpy is if you
have it playing in the background whilst you go through other menus.
Surprisingly it had no problem playing non-HD, and DVD ISO's remotely
over wifi too.  The only thing I need to add is a IR receiver/remote.
Looks like the price jumped back a bit to =C2=A3150, so maybe worth the
extra 40 quid for the 3610 for the next one we get.

Thanks, Mark


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