[dba-Tech] A Windows 10 PC the size of a phablet for $99

[Jim Lawrence]

I have never had the following product but have been told this is the best...the Roku 3 (sells for $99 to $110 depending on where it is bought)

https://www.roku.com/en-ca/products/roku-3

If you want to go cheap ($25-$35) and have a bent towards building your own, there are a number of articles on how setup a RaspberryPI for just such a task.

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/computing/pc/tv-on-raspberry-pi-watch-and-record-live-tv-1151587
 
This is not to say the Kangaroo is not a good choice but why wasn't a network connector included?

PS I do use a product called Handbrake as it will take any video and assembles it so it will run through any connection and run on any computer device. It will squeeze a HD file down so it runs perfectly on a smartphone, for example. Great for setting up travelling entertainment: 

http://venturebeat.com/2015/10/26/kangaroo-is-an-amazing-99-windows-10-portable-pc/

Note: It does not matter if your computer has six cores and 48GB of RAM, on an SSD card, if you are doing a big conversions Handbrake will absorb every resource. When it has a big task ahead it does not play well with other applications. ;-) 

Jim
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "peter brawley" <peter.brawley at earthlink.net>
To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 8:03:40 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A Windows 10 PC the size of a phablet for $99

> I am sure small files will work just fine on that system but for the high-definition experience, I don't think so. 

for that you want an ethernet wire

PB

---- Original Message ----
From: "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>
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Date: 10/27/15 9:46 PM
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Hi John:

A high-definition movie, ripped from an original DVD, can be as large as 20 GBs (I have the DVD movie of Cloud Atlas). I just started to test moving that 19 GB file from a server to my laptop via wireless and it said it would take 3 hours and 25 minutes... I never completed the test of course but...

All my movies have been ripped from their original media and stored on a server and through the network they have been attached to our smartTV via a network cable.

I am sure small files will work just fine on that system but for the high-definition experience, I don't think so.
  
Jim 

----- Original Message -----
From: "DJK (John) Robinson" <djkr at msn.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 5:01:02 PM
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Hi Jim

I'm a real ignoramus as far as movies are concerned;  what megabit-rate does a high res movie need?

The nearest thing I know about is HD TV.  Downloading a one-hour program takes me about 4 minutes - at 30-odd
megabits/sec, which is what I expect with my FTTC connection - way under 54mb/s.  What am I missing?

John


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: 27 October 2015 22:26
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A Windows 10 PC the size of a phablet for $99


It looks like a great product. The only downside is that the device does not have a network port as the maximum
throughput on a Wi-Fi port is 54 megabits per second as opposed to 1 gigabit on a standard network connection. No high
resolution movies. 

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 9:32:23 AM
Subject: [dba-Tech] A Windows 10 PC the size of a phablet for $99

You'll need a screen (any screen -- with an HDMI cable you can use your TV if you wish), and a mouse and keyboard, but
the box itself is the size of a phablet, and comes with 2GB of RAM, 18GB of disk space, 2 USB ports, and Windows 10 Home
edition pre-installed. It's from InFocus and is called the Kangaroo
<http://venturebeat.com/2015/10/26/kangaroo-is-an-amazing-99-windows-10-portable-pc/>
.

-- 
Arthur
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