![Thought about buying one of these (to replace an aging pi nas) until I saw the remote. [1470x929 - 116KB]](https://pic8.co/sh/dxdhBZ.jpg){kind=link}
A Roku is a consumer level device meant to entertain the NPCs.
Maybe something like this instead: https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-hc4/
Thanks for the links, I'll take a look at it, since I've got a couple of 1TB HDD somewhere collecting dust.
I can't speak to how well the HC4 works, but I have an Odroid C2 and a HC2 currently in my rack, and they've performed without issue for some time now. Both run Armbian, the HC2 is my nextcloud server.
How is your USB performance? I find the Raspberry PI's (even the latest gen) to be lack luster and ive been considering replacing at least some of them with the mini pc's like I posted above. At this point they cost about the same anyway.
I use the USB for externals including: Software defined radio (hit and miss). Home Automation Radios. Anything from 433 to various z-wave/zigbee stuff. External storage.
Consider something like Kodi with a blu tooth keyboard/mouse setup. You can get a "micro pc" for next to nothing now.
https://computers.woot.com/offers/lenovo-m710q-tiny-i5-ssd-desktop-10?ref=w_cnt_lnd_cat_pc_2_13
Its a full PC that can run any OS you want and has an internal HD. You can put a external Blu Ray drive on it if needed.
Feel free to DM me for details. I use stuff like this for my homelab and home automation but it would work just as well as a media center PC and uses next to nothing for power.
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