My raspberry HTPC project

In the next one month I intend to complete a HTPC raspberry project. I have been procrastinating on this for a while now but it’s about time. You can follow this thread if you wan’t to initiate a similar project you could learn a thing or three. If you have completed a raspberry project you could take a second, or maybe more to share tips and your experience. So here are the items I will be purchasing this month

  1. A raspberry Pi 2 Cost $39

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  1. Raspberry P2 Case with a Fan, Cost $ 9

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3. An XMBC PC remote controller cost $ 9

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  1. A Kingston 32 GB Class 10 UHS MicroSD card Cost $15

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HDMI cable Cost $4

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Total cost $78 (Ksh 7,800)

I intend to use this for streaming live media on a HDTV which I am yet to buy…still shopping around. I hope I could source some of these items locally. However price must remain the same since this must be a low cost project.

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http://www.unfinishedman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/using-raspbmc-on-television.jpg

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Im too green…i raspeberry ni ka.a comp ama??

This going to be good, the geek in me likes technical projects

Mine is coming In a few weeks…I got one that was pre installated not the developer version for a UHDTV was thinking of getting a Vizio 60’ for around 400$ or an LG ultra HD projector

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Yes. It is a low cost single board computer that you can do a lot with. It’s also easily programmable…My goal is to build a low cost Home Theater Pc and stream live TV using a Zuku’s 10mbps Internet connection.

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Im too green…i raspeberry ni ka.a comp ama

i think i should get this

Naeza order na ebay ama?

Great…where are you sourcing the Vizio from? What are the shipping costs? I have a problem sourcing for a TV as shipping costs are on the higher side.

MKAMBA MKUFUU NAKUPEA PROJECT UNAKUJA KUANIKA HAPA

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Napenda sana, following closely.i didn’t know the type of hdmi cable matters, i thought all hdmi cables are the same.

[SIZE=6]Chromebit[/SIZE]
Chromebit
Manufacturer Asus; Google
Introduced 31 March 2015
Cost US$85[1]
Type Computer on a stick.
Memory RAM 2GB, ROM 16GB
Connection Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Ports HDMI, USB

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Kama ni ya kustream tu, si ni afadhali ununue Chromebit?

I missed the black Monday deals…but I’ll get it from eBay of other sites that offer deals…shipping from UK or Europe I use kessom for US Brady’s cargo

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I shopping for good tv and just Googled the one you have mentioned and it’s retailing for $749 Io $400 where are you getting it from.

They will give you a quote depending on the weight…the best Is you accumulate enough stuff then they ship via sea it’s much cheaper,

Those are prices you will get when there are sales so Lazma ukae Chonjo sahii Christmas prices are over the roof

[SIZE=6]Boxed Intel Compute Stick, Atom, Win 8.1, 32GB[/SIZE]
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Angalau si hata ungeweka 128Gb mem card

Kwa hiyo raspberry unaweka OS gani?

A friend of mine put kitkat on his raspberry na imemsumbua proper

I’m not moving from the hp stream mini, I like having options and utilisation for any need that may arise.

The chromebit, chromecast, roku stick, fire stick and the intel compute stick are proper streaming devices… In future I may want to do more than streaming with it. Maybe change OS, Maybe connect camera’s to it etc. Then these devices are expensive unless you bump on some offer. The cheapest price I have seen for the intel stick on ebay is $89, the chromebit is way cheaper but still not as good as the intel compute stick. Maybe in future I will consider these.

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mimi ata internet sina ,so izi vitu ata hazinipitangi akili:(