Looking for help finding the right Media Box

[canada2005]

Hello guys and gals.

 

I am looking to get my Grandfather(mid-to-late 70's) a media box and need some help to find something a bit specific.

 

He does not have the internet and will not be getting it anytime soon. My family would like to move away from burning dvds for him and move to usb storage which is much much easier and cost effective. 

I will be loading movies and TV shows on a usb drive and I will give that to him and update it when he wants with more movies and shows.

 

I've looked at the Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Roku and they all seems to be based off needing the internet to run and function.

 

Needs:

 

Hdmi

Usb connection

box small as possible

remote

[ANewFace]

...You have explored all options. Nothing is going to work without internet

[the jolly roger]

...You have explored all options. Nothing is going to work without internet

the only solution i see would be to build a cheap as possible HTPC, a G3220, any h81 board, 2gb of ram... and so on

[canada2005]

Well I just did some looking around on fleabay and found this cheap thing. Anyone use this thing? http://www.ebay.ca/itm/CS918-Android-4-4-Smart-TV-BOX-XBMC-Quad-Core-8GB-WIFI-FULL-1080P-HDMI-Media-/351255119986?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51c86fc872

[CrzyBvr68]

Nzxt Doko  http://doko.nzxt.com/

[canada2005]

Well I ended up going with the Minix Neo X8 

 

http://www.ncix.com/detail/minix-neo-x8-arm-cortex-ee-97611.htm