Living in a parser / C21st toys

[hirez]

Odd new niches for not-rubbish computers turn up like unexpected bus-routes to timezones with disturbing physics. Someone might bleat on about it being a first-world problem, but I'd like to think we're just the fools with the money prototyping this stuff that'll be air-dropped on people who'd rather have food and/or guns at the behest of a mob of Hackernews believers.

[Poll #1942308]

Comments

[andrewducker]

The Raspberry Pi is pretty neat.

What are oyu planning on doing with it?

[hirez.livejournal.com]

That's a rotten question...

However, vague first thought was downstairs head-end for the upstairs NAS, because the telly and one of the half-decent amps are there.

Mind, that will leave one wanting a HDMI multiplexer (or '1Gb switch' as a more enlightened data-transfer scheme might call it) because there's also a Virgin tellybocks and a DVD player with a SCART connector. I should get out of the nineties with my 'hi-fi' malarkey.

[andrewducker]

Might I recommend an AV amp with multiple HDMI inputs and one HDMI output. That's what I use - everything feeds into that, and then it's only one remote control to switch inputs and control the volume.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Ha. Point.

[FX: Richer sounds]

Crikey. That's cheap.

[andrewducker]

I know! It's pretty amazing how cheap that kits become.

I'd be tempted by the Sony STRDH520 - I have an earlier equivalent, and it works stunningly well.

[jarkman.livejournal.com]

The BBB has a very nice first-use experience. And it doesn't have bits sticking out all over like a Pi. And it has a better name.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Well, ye-es...

But I see that Cool have the Cubie2 in: http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/cubieboard-a20.html

[jarkman.livejournal.com]

I don't know anything about the Cubie thing. So it must be the braver choice.

If this is for running media through, my impression is that the Pi has the most critical mass, and so the lowest odds of running into some low level nonsense that renders all your efforts futile. But I haven't tried it, so what do I know ?

[venta.livejournal.com]

https://www.xmos.com/startkit/promotion ?

[alasdair.livejournal.com]

I've had a surprising amount of fun with my Pi. Can't really rate it against the others, because I'm not hardware nerd enough to care about relative capabilities - I bought the Pi because it was easy to get accessories for, and had a solid community behind it, dedicated to helping people Get Things Done - so it was good for a sysadmin/hardware tinkering muppet like me, who generally needs a decent step-by-step guide to get a server running. :)