gthrift 57 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I too had this requirement or one similar to it (Live TV, all formats, no transcoding) and settled on a Gygabit Brix (Celeron version, less than $150 + memory + SSD + Win7). It runs well with the exception that MBC menus are choppy, but playback is excellent for both Live TV (using WMC) and stored media (using MBC). If i had to build it again, I would go with a i3 version for a snappier interface. And yes it is a shame that there isn't a single, low cost device out there that plays all formats and can stream Live TV from a backend without transcoding. MBC was slow on my Intel NUC with a Celeron CPU. I switch from 1080p to 720p and it is now smooth a silk. I fine with it since it's a secondary HTPC. I have an i3 NUC for my primary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deihmos 147 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 (edited) gthrift, on 03 Dec 2014 - 8:48 PM, said:MBC was slow on my Intel NUC with a Celeron CPU. I switch from 1080p to 720p and it is now smooth a silk. I fine with it since it's a secondary HTPC. I have an i3 NUC for my primary. Are you using Win 7 or Win 8? I found win 8 to be a lot smoother with WMC on my Zotac with a Celeron 857 processor. Everything is smooth as butter and that system is not as good as your nuc. It also has 8GB in it. I also have a nuc with an i3 and there isn't much difference. Also, XBMC performs a lot better than WMC. Edited December 4, 2014 by Deihmos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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