There are so many options out there, it’s kind of dizzying.

I’m looking for a cheap solution that I could hook up to a TV and ethernet, so it could run a flavor of Linux (or BSD) and play videos at 1080p. Bonus points if it can handle 1080p@60 FPS. Other than that, it would be used for light web browsing.

I was looking at Raspberry Pi 4, but is there anything else you would suggest?

  • onlooker@lemmy.mlOP
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    3 years ago

    As it turns out, my brother had one on hand to try out and it played 1080p movies just fine. So yeah, RPi 4 is probably what I’m going with. Either that or a Rock64.

    • Arcadius@lemmy.ml
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      3 years ago

      My main rig is an Rpi 4 8 gb. Instead of an SD card I have a 250 gb ssd as it’s boot and storage. I’m probably never going to build or buy another rig ever again.

    • Jedrax@lemmy.ml
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      3 years ago

      I would go with the RPi 4 over the Rock64, but it’s entirely personal preference.