VIA intros $49 Android-based PC, launching in July
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Watson, Keith
May 25, 2012, 8:59:01 AM5/25/12
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The one thing the Raspberry Pi has going for it is composite video out. This allows it to be used to display HD content on all those legacy TVs still floating around.
The problem is that everyone else is coming out with comparable hardware that is actually shipping.
VIA intros $49 Android-based PC, launching in July
http://www.techspot.com/news/48699-via-intros-49-android-based-pc-launching-in-july.html
http://preview.tinyurl.com/bwcy46k
keith
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Keith R. Watson Georgia Institute of Technology
IT Support professional Lead College of Computing
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(404) 385-7401 Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
The problem is that everyone else is coming out with comparable hardware that is actually shipping.
VIA intros $49 Android-based PC, launching in July
http://www.techspot.com/news/48699-via-intros-49-android-based-pc-launching-in-july.html
http://preview.tinyurl.com/bwcy46k
keith
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Keith R. Watson Georgia Institute of Technology
IT Support professional Lead College of Computing
keith....@cc.gatech.edu 801 Atlantic Drive NW
(404) 385-7401 Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
bur...@earthlink.net
May 25, 2012, 9:13:23 AM5/25/12
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Component Outputs?
I am a HUGE fan of having lots of video-out connectors, and in fact when I go shopping for just about any equipment, or when I am making recommendations to any of my tech-suppoprt clients for monitors or other equipment, we have that discussion about vidoe connectors, and how 'more is better' and usually means long-term value in equipment.
I use a legacy big screen projection TV and the only HD inputs I can use to get either 1080 or 720 HD are the component inputs. Finding video streamers that have component-out has been an ongoing challenge; there are a bunch, but you definitely have to do the research to find them.
It is unfortunate that manufacturers are leaving component-out connectors off of equipment - they are apparently doing it at the behest of the media behemoths, mostly because DRM cannot be enforced using component-out as it can using HDMI or DVI.
And thereis not much we as consumers can do about it, except continue to support and buy product from manufacturers who DO include those features.
I have a streamer from Netgear, from Iomega, and from Sony that supports compoent-out, as well as several video and tuner cards in various computers.
d.b
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Subject: [MUCH MythTV Users and Creators ..] VIA intros $49 Android-based PC, launching in July
I am a HUGE fan of having lots of video-out connectors, and in fact when I go shopping for just about any equipment, or when I am making recommendations to any of my tech-suppoprt clients for monitors or other equipment, we have that discussion about vidoe connectors, and how 'more is better' and usually means long-term value in equipment.
I use a legacy big screen projection TV and the only HD inputs I can use to get either 1080 or 720 HD are the component inputs. Finding video streamers that have component-out has been an ongoing challenge; there are a bunch, but you definitely have to do the research to find them.
It is unfortunate that manufacturers are leaving component-out connectors off of equipment - they are apparently doing it at the behest of the media behemoths, mostly because DRM cannot be enforced using component-out as it can using HDMI or DVI.
And thereis not much we as consumers can do about it, except continue to support and buy product from manufacturers who DO include those features.
I have a streamer from Netgear, from Iomega, and from Sony that supports compoent-out, as well as several video and tuner cards in various computers.
d.b
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Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 8:59 AM
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Subject: [MUCH MythTV Users and Creators ..] VIA intros $49 Android-based PC, launching in July
Watson, Keith
May 25, 2012, 9:20:50 AM5/25/12
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Manufacturers also forget that the US only has 311 million people out of the 6.8 billion on Earth. There are a lot of legacy TVs out there. Raspberry Pi was not designed in the US which may have something to do with it supporting composite out.
The Raspberry Pi is aimed at education and tinkering. I see people giving away analog TVs on Freecycle all the time. A free TV fits a kid's budget for playing around.
keith
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Keith R. Watson Georgia Institute of Technology
IT Support professional Lead College of Computing
keith....@cc.gatech.edu 801 Atlantic Drive NW
(404) 385-7401 Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
The Raspberry Pi is aimed at education and tinkering. I see people giving away analog TVs on Freecycle all the time. A free TV fits a kid's budget for playing around.
keith
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Keith R. Watson Georgia Institute of Technology
IT Support professional Lead College of Computing
keith....@cc.gatech.edu 801 Atlantic Drive NW
(404) 385-7401 Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
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