Laurence-UK
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I've been looking recently at a lot of boxes etc and am struggling to work out which would be best for what I want to achieve. My criteria is:
1. I want to rip all my DVD's and Blu Ray's on to a NAS drive and stream them to the box and tablets in the house. I have no need for 3D rips or any HD audio capabilities, just standard 1080P and 5.1.
2. I would like the ability to run emulators with ROMs of my own games (not acquired online) stored on the NAS drive if possible. If not then the ROMs can be stored on the box itself but would need quite a bit of storage.
3. Ability to use either a Playstation or Xbox controller to play games. Ideally wireless but can be wired if needs be.
4. Install newer games to play from some sort of games store.
5. Install apps like iPlayer. I have no need for Netflix.
6. It needs to be wife compatible to small and easy to use.
7. The deal breaker...all for under £100.
The two most likely candidates seem to be an Nvidia Shield or Raspberry Pi 2 but I'm not sure if they'll meet my requirements. Also, the setup learning curve needs to be relatively simple for myself to get to grips with which has me a little worried about the Pi.
Many thanks in advance for any suggestions, I know I'm asking a lot!
1. I want to rip all my DVD's and Blu Ray's on to a NAS drive and stream them to the box and tablets in the house. I have no need for 3D rips or any HD audio capabilities, just standard 1080P and 5.1.
2. I would like the ability to run emulators with ROMs of my own games (not acquired online) stored on the NAS drive if possible. If not then the ROMs can be stored on the box itself but would need quite a bit of storage.
3. Ability to use either a Playstation or Xbox controller to play games. Ideally wireless but can be wired if needs be.
4. Install newer games to play from some sort of games store.
5. Install apps like iPlayer. I have no need for Netflix.
6. It needs to be wife compatible to small and easy to use.
7. The deal breaker...all for under £100.
The two most likely candidates seem to be an Nvidia Shield or Raspberry Pi 2 but I'm not sure if they'll meet my requirements. Also, the setup learning curve needs to be relatively simple for myself to get to grips with which has me a little worried about the Pi.
Many thanks in advance for any suggestions, I know I'm asking a lot!