gmontard

You're not wrong, but this is changing fast! If you meet the checklist (yes you have to!) and have a great product then you can be very successful.

Also with SaaS adoption it's easier for enterprise to change and for you to sale... So you'd better have a good solution than an average/bad one and frankly it's not that hard when you see the current software used!

If anyone hesitate you HAVE TO buy the B model! Much more power for so little money.

Nice to know the Ouya also does media server..

On of the best part of XBMC is the HDMI CEC support meaning you don't need a new remote control and trust me this is great!

What other formats do you use? Most if not all container today use H264...

I definitively want to try those Android Stick!

I think you'll find a really big bottleneck if you're using NZB (with NZget or SabNZB). Even my NAS is too slow to give me the maximum speed of my fiber optic internet connection :( (stuck at 9MB/s)

I Paid my Pi 52 euros 6 months ago with a case and a USB charger. You can add $10 for a good SD Card and you're all set.

Interesting! I tried RasPlex the other day but found out it was too slow and needed the server part being somewhere else (on the NAS). Also the XBMC theme I recommend is quiet efficient and pretty in my opinion...

Interesting comment!

I like my NAS setup because it's silent (++), easy to manage and it has a really nice Web interface, but you're right your home made server is much more powerfull and flexible and will always be.

Also I tried Plex on the Pi, but it's too slow (there is even a port for the Pi http://rasplex.com/) and it needs the server part of Plex to run on the NAS... at the end it's too much of a burden compared to XBMC for the little Pi.

Well Synology NAS is so much more than just a connected harddrive through the network... Also I don't think the router can handle NZbget, sickbeard etc.

BTW I updated the post.

Oh it works both way for sure! I don't tell about my grandfather because well my grandmother is lot more tech friendly than he is! Anyway I understand what you mean, sorry about that.

You don't need to do a full scan each time. If you enable SickeBeard XBMC notification it will only add the new Show without updating the whole library...

Did you try this XBMC add-ons on it? http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Add-on:XBMC_Flicks_-_Ne...

Well Sam did lot of speed improvements lately, and the Theme I talk about (Amber) is efficient on the Pi. Also keep in mind the Pi is $50 compared to at least $200 for a complete Ion setup, right?

Good point ! I'll try to add some later...