http://www.pivosgroup.com/xios.html
Yes this is the little android box that could. Could run xbmc with hardware accelration that is.
XBMC on this platform is still in alpha so keep that in mind. You can find these unofficial hw accelerated builds here.
I picked mine up on Amazon for ~115.00. (US)
Some initial observations. I've had the unit for about 2 days now.
Update to ICS. You need and want it. Netflix is broken on ICS. (for now)
This little thing gets hot. I understand since there are no fans and silence is golden.
Enable your ethernet. I don't bother with wifi for hd video so I cannot comment on it's performance.
You will need a mouse and keyboard to get things going intially.
The included remote is okay. It's IR though which I think is silly.
The 3 lights on the front are bright. Good thing it's small and will be hidden.
No bluetooth. No bueno for me as I planned on adding a bluetooth gamepad. Hopefully they'll add usb bluetooth support soon, I don't see bluetooth settings.
So far xbmc on this thing is certainly in alpha but it works. It's unfair for anyone to judge it based on this. Report bugs/issues you have my amigos.
Plays all the local files I have streaming to it using smb. (Unraid) H.264 encoded stuff mainly. Some mpeg2 + 4. I will keep on testing this. I know you want details.
Some of the video plugins work. Some not so much. There are still some buffering issues that need to be resolved.
Take note that I'm using only analog stereo output right now. Haven't bothered with DD or DTS. I don't think it's enabled anyways. I'm testing on a 27 inch monitor with hdmi.
Keyboard input is wonky. I've had to use the xbmc android remote to configure a couple things.
Time zone settings are not working right now.
Using default skin there is only a little lag. And occasionaly some delayed response. Good for an alpha really.
Once it finished scanning my sizable library it was more responsive. This has happened to me on much more powerful machines so eh.
The remote works out the box with xbmc as it should.
Again XBMC on this is still Alpha. So it can only get better. Support those companies that support xbmc.
Yes this is the little android box that could. Could run xbmc with hardware accelration that is.
XBMC on this platform is still in alpha so keep that in mind. You can find these unofficial hw accelerated builds here.
I picked mine up on Amazon for ~115.00. (US)
Some initial observations. I've had the unit for about 2 days now.
Update to ICS. You need and want it. Netflix is broken on ICS. (for now)
This little thing gets hot. I understand since there are no fans and silence is golden.
Enable your ethernet. I don't bother with wifi for hd video so I cannot comment on it's performance.
You will need a mouse and keyboard to get things going intially.
The included remote is okay. It's IR though which I think is silly.
The 3 lights on the front are bright. Good thing it's small and will be hidden.
No bluetooth. No bueno for me as I planned on adding a bluetooth gamepad. Hopefully they'll add usb bluetooth support soon, I don't see bluetooth settings.
So far xbmc on this thing is certainly in alpha but it works. It's unfair for anyone to judge it based on this. Report bugs/issues you have my amigos.
Plays all the local files I have streaming to it using smb. (Unraid) H.264 encoded stuff mainly. Some mpeg2 + 4. I will keep on testing this. I know you want details.
Some of the video plugins work. Some not so much. There are still some buffering issues that need to be resolved.
Take note that I'm using only analog stereo output right now. Haven't bothered with DD or DTS. I don't think it's enabled anyways. I'm testing on a 27 inch monitor with hdmi.
Keyboard input is wonky. I've had to use the xbmc android remote to configure a couple things.
Time zone settings are not working right now.
Using default skin there is only a little lag. And occasionaly some delayed response. Good for an alpha really.
Once it finished scanning my sizable library it was more responsive. This has happened to me on much more powerful machines so eh.
The remote works out the box with xbmc as it should.
Again XBMC on this is still Alpha. So it can only get better. Support those companies that support xbmc.