I just bought a new Intel NUC (Eighth generation) on eBay to replace an 5 year old NUC for a great price:
$269.10 with 10% discount and free shipping with EBay Plus membership
You will also need RAM and and SSD drive: (I got these from Amazon AU - free shipping with Amazon Prime membership)
8GB RAM:
NVME SSD:
Just under $400 AU for all three with free shipping.
This will give you an extremely fast media player when LibreElec (Kodi) is installed. There’s a thread in the QQ Media Player sub-forum on installing the parts. Screwdriver is the only tool required.
www.quadraphonicquad.com
This will play all multichannel media files (audio and video) from a local USB drive or from a network device, including 4K, 1080p video, Atmos, DTS-HDMA, FLAC etc. Rips from DVDAs, SACDs, BDAs and BDVs. When turned on it starts at the Kodi screen like a disc player. It does not start like a computer. It is quiet, I can’t hear any noise even when my AVR is not playing.
If you are interested but don’t feel comfortable setting one up yourself I can do it for QQ members (no charge, you pay for the items above and shipping.).
NOTE: You will also need a wireless Remote or you can run from an iPhone or iPad or Android phone/tablet via wifi.
EDIT: There’s also Kodi addons to stream Netflix, Optus Sport and Foxtel/Kayo content in HD (you’ll need a paid subscription for each)
$269.10 with 10% discount and free shipping with EBay Plus membership
Intel Desktop PC Mini NUC Kit BOXNUC8I3BEH Bean Canyon i3-8109U | eBay
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You will also need RAM and and SSD drive: (I got these from Amazon AU - free shipping with Amazon Prime membership)
8GB RAM:
Timetec 8GB KIT (2x4GB) DDR4 2400MHz PC4-19200 Non-ECC Unbuffered 1.2V CL17 1Rx8 Single Rank 260 Pin SODIMM Laptop Notebook PC Computer Memory RAM Module Upgrade (8GB KIT (2x4GB)) : Amazon.com.au: Computers
Timetec 8GB KIT (2x4GB) DDR4 2400MHz PC4-19200 Non-ECC Unbuffered 1.2V CL17 1Rx8 Single Rank 260 Pin SODIMM Laptop Notebook PC Computer Memory RAM Module Upgrade (8GB KIT (2x4GB)) : Amazon.com.au: Computers
www.amazon.com.au
NVME SSD:
Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 250GB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology (MZ-V7S250B/AM) : Amazon.com.au: Computers
Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 250GB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology (MZ-V7S250B/AM) : Amazon.com.au: Computers
www.amazon.com.au
Just under $400 AU for all three with free shipping.
This will give you an extremely fast media player when LibreElec (Kodi) is installed. There’s a thread in the QQ Media Player sub-forum on installing the parts. Screwdriver is the only tool required.
Intel NUC (NUC8i3BEH) - How To: Installation of Parts
Continues from my post on the new 8th generation NUCs: https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/index.php?threads/intel-nuc-8th-generation-thumbs-up.25638/ An Intel 8th generation NUC makes an ideal, relatively low cost media player. Its really small (4"/100mm square) has HDMI output and both...
www.quadraphonicquad.com
This will play all multichannel media files (audio and video) from a local USB drive or from a network device, including 4K, 1080p video, Atmos, DTS-HDMA, FLAC etc. Rips from DVDAs, SACDs, BDAs and BDVs. When turned on it starts at the Kodi screen like a disc player. It does not start like a computer. It is quiet, I can’t hear any noise even when my AVR is not playing.
If you are interested but don’t feel comfortable setting one up yourself I can do it for QQ members (no charge, you pay for the items above and shipping.).
NOTE: You will also need a wireless Remote or you can run from an iPhone or iPad or Android phone/tablet via wifi.
EDIT: There’s also Kodi addons to stream Netflix, Optus Sport and Foxtel/Kayo content in HD (you’ll need a paid subscription for each)
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