Best Mini Computer?

[Statik]

Hey,

 

So I was just going to use HDMI to hook my laptop up to my TV, and run Kodi off my laptop, but it looks like my laptop is shitting out.

 

Which mini computer is cheap/the best for plugging into my TV purely for running Kodi/maybe a few other apps?

 

Thanks

[Electronics Wizardy]

How much you wanna spend?

[Scruffy90]

4 minutes ago, Statik said:

Hey,

 

So I was just going to use HDMI to hook my laptop up to my TV, and run Kodi off my laptop, but it looks like my laptop is shitting out.

 

Which mini computer is cheap/the best for plugging into my TV purely for running Kodi/maybe a few other apps?

 

Thanks

What about one of intels nuc?

[Smart-Home Advantage]

Kangaroo makes nice Mini-PCs that are around $100 with windows 10. They use HDMI for video.

 

http://www.kangaroo.cc/

[Statik]

7 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

How much you wanna spend?

As little as possible. It just needs to be able to stream movies.

 

7 minutes ago, Abyssal Radon said:

What the hell is Kodi? Any PC will do.

It's a media player. Like VLC

 

6 minutes ago, Scruffy90 said:

What about one of intels nuc?

Not sure. I have no experience or idea about mini pcs

[Wrb]

Well I've heard of people who have gotten kodi on a raspberry pi (I'm not sure if this is with the stock or with some tweaking), but just get something basic and it should work.

 

[Guest]

what about an nvidia shield, or apple tv? Maybe something like that would do better. It can do netflix, and hbo go at only 100-200~. If not a mac mini is about 300 or less if you look on ebay. the 8 bit guy did a video on them Idk if he put ubuntu on it or upgraded it, but it's very compact. 

[Wrb]

About the raspberry pi idea I said earlier, here's how to do it:

http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Kodi_on_Raspberry_Pi

 

SDHC memory card (£10)  https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sdhc+memory+card&oq=sdhc+&aqs=chrome.2.69i59j69i57j0l2.2224j0j4&client=tablet-android-pega&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

 

Raspberry pi (£30) https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=raspberry+pi&client=tablet-android-pega&prmd=sniv&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIxJ-N8fbPAhVKOMAKHTCFBPgQ_AUIBygB&biw=960&bih=600

 

Total price ~£40

[johnny5c]

My new favorite for Kodi and Plex is the ODROID C2, basically like a Raspberry Pi 3 on steroids.  I've had one for about a month now and it has the power to play 4k/60fps h265 video.

 

http://kodi.wiki/view/ODROID

[Wrb]

14 hours ago, Wrb said:

About the raspberry pi idea I said earlier, here's how to do it:

http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Kodi_on_Raspberry_Pi

 

SDHC memory card (£10)  https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sdhc+memory+card&oq=sdhc+&aqs=chrome.2.69i59j69i57j0l2.2224j0j4&client=tablet-android-pega&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

 

Raspberry pi (£30) https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=raspberry+pi&client=tablet-android-pega&prmd=sniv&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIxJ-N8fbPAhVKOMAKHTCFBPgQ_AUIBygB&biw=960&bih=600

 

Total price ~£40

 

14 hours ago, johnny5c said:

My new favorite for Kodi and Plex is the ODROID C2, basically like a Raspberry Pi 3 on steroids.  I've had one for about a month now and it has the power to play 4k/60fps h265 video.

 

http://kodi.wiki/view/ODROID

 

Your Best bet is one of these, depending on your budget and what you want to do. The rasberry pi should be fine for 1080p or get the Odroid card for 4k

[Dark]

Intel Coompute stick (2016)

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Compute-Computer-processor-BOXSTK1AW32SCR/dp/B01ASB0DJ8

 

or 

 

Nvidia Shield (I own two of these and they are the only thing connnected to our two main televisions. They provide streaming media and TV from our hdhomerun)