I currently have a second generation WD Live Tv Streaming box. Its kind of getting old in the tooth. While the box can stream almost anything on my internal network the UI design sucks. I only stream video through it because the music interface is so bad. Also there is bugs that i'm pretty sure will never be fixed (i can't submit credentials correctly for a domain account). Anyways i have been looking into XMBC as a possible replacement.
A couple years back i replaced my Windows Media Center Machines with these WD Live Tvs. I much prefer not to have a full pc and just a small streaming box. I've been looking into both rasperry Pi & Apple TV. I want to be able to stream any video format i throw at it in 1080P and not have to worry about smooth video performance. Is the apple tv what i should be looking into getting or really do both of them have enough power to do anything you ask of them?
It looks like the jailbreak for APTV3 is only days away. Should i wait for this? Will XMBC most likely be available for it day 1?
Is there any added flexibility that you get from an running xmbc on windows or ubuntu?
Any help or advice would be appreciated....
A couple years back i replaced my Windows Media Center Machines with these WD Live Tvs. I much prefer not to have a full pc and just a small streaming box. I've been looking into both rasperry Pi & Apple TV. I want to be able to stream any video format i throw at it in 1080P and not have to worry about smooth video performance. Is the apple tv what i should be looking into getting or really do both of them have enough power to do anything you ask of them?
It looks like the jailbreak for APTV3 is only days away. Should i wait for this? Will XMBC most likely be available for it day 1?
Is there any added flexibility that you get from an running xmbc on windows or ubuntu?
Any help or advice would be appreciated....