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UO News / Re: [UO Herald News] Return to Britannia Campagin Starts Wednesday!!
« on: October 02, 2014, 05:30:06 PM »
Woot! I can play for a month! (In my lack of free time)
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Home Entertainment PCs / Re: Raspberry Pi
« on: September 12, 2014, 06:38:20 PM »
It definitely handles the 1080P fine without stuttering. For me I still have issues streaming over the wireless but that's because of my modem (I'm only using N, not AC). With AC or hard-wired ethernet, I don't believe I'd have any problem at all. So far I'm loving it, and more importantly, the wife is satisfied with it and she has no patience for finicky *bleep*!
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Off Topic / Re: Which smartphone should I get?
« on: August 03, 2014, 06:58:00 PM »
Should have told your daughter to learn Java...then let her choose an Android phone or an iPhone at the end...
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Home Entertainment PCs / Re: Raspberry Pi
« on: July 10, 2014, 04:57:18 PM »
Minix Neo x8-H arrived today (finally)! It is awesome! Streaming Bluray movies from my Zyxel NSA320 DLNA media server with no buffering via the wireless N (I don't have a dual-bad / AC router yet). I plugged in my Logitech wireless kb/mouse combo and it's zippy as hell! I'm not fond of the Minix UI so I switched to Nova Launcher and I'm playing around with a few others (GO Launcher, Shell SPB 3D, etc) to find one that looks best. Netflix was a little choppy at first but I believe that was due to a bunch of apps updating in the background because it smoothed out and haven't had any issues since.
I'll report more as I have more time to play with it....
I'll report more as I have more time to play with it....
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Home Entertainment PCs / Re: Raspberry Pi
« on: June 29, 2014, 06:26:55 PM »
You got a link for that system TM?
In other news, my MINIX Neo X8-H is on the way! Should be here in a week or two (damn shipping from China). I'll update all of you when it comes it and I've had some time to play with it!
In other news, my MINIX Neo X8-H is on the way! Should be here in a week or two (damn shipping from China). I'll update all of you when it comes it and I've had some time to play with it!
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Home Entertainment PCs / Re: Raspberry Pi
« on: June 09, 2014, 11:12:41 AM »
I did NOT try the WD box mainly because all the reviews I read said it was waaaay too slow. My wife is not a patient person so I knew that wouldn't fly! 
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New member introductions / Re: Cook says Hi
« on: June 04, 2014, 10:09:24 PM »
I must say I LOL'd a little when I realized that Cheffe had taken the name "Cook" here! I remember raising blacksmithy to 120 by hand and literally 1 day later, an old UO friend told me "Why didn't you just use EUO?" And EUO kept me playing for 10 years longer than I should have played! Hehe. I finally retired from UO almost a year ago, but thought I'd poke my head in and say Thanks for all that you did for the UO community. Maybe one day EA (or I guess Broadsword?) will send you a check for all the subscriptions you helped keep in the game!
*must resist urge to reopen UO account*
*must resist urge to reopen UO account*
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Home Entertainment PCs / Re: Raspberry Pi
« on: June 02, 2014, 01:18:47 PM »
Apparently the x8-H has hardware decoding for the audio so it won't matter what player app you use, it should be able to handle everything. We'll see how well it actually works, but I'll definitely post back here. It'll be a couple weeks before it comes in.
Here's where I pre-ordered if anyone else is interested:
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/MINIX-NEO-X8-H-Amlogic-S802-H-Quad-Core-2-0Ghz-Android-TV-BOX-2G-16G-Dual-Band-WIFI-2-4G-5-8G-Bluetooth-4-0-XBMC-Dolby-DTS-328163.html
Here's where I pre-ordered if anyone else is interested:
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/MINIX-NEO-X8-H-Amlogic-S802-H-Quad-Core-2-0Ghz-Android-TV-BOX-2G-16G-Dual-Band-WIFI-2-4G-5-8G-Bluetooth-4-0-XBMC-Dolby-DTS-328163.html
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Home Entertainment PCs / Re: Raspberry Pi
« on: June 02, 2014, 11:39:24 AM »
Just pre-ordered the Minix Neo x8-H ($149 and includes 2 freebies: the Minix M1 airmouse and an 8GB sd card plus some other little adapter crap) which runs Android 4.4 and has a much nicer CPU/GPU. Supposedly can handle 4K (which means it can't, but should be able to handle 1080P smoothly then since usually the rule of thumb is knock it down 1 tier for "smooth" playback). I'm pretty sure I'll like this one a lot more than the Co Star since its just plain old Android and no Google TV (and I thought Google TV would actually be better! Ha! What was I thinking?!?)
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Home Entertainment PCs / Re: Raspberry Pi
« on: May 27, 2014, 09:15:50 PM »
Was looking for something with a Flash-enabled web browser so that I could stream TV via websites as well as something with a full qwerty keyboard. Also, it needs to be able to stream from my Zyxel NSA320 NAS that has all my movies on it (and handle .mkv and such)
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Home Entertainment PCs / Re: Raspberry Pi
« on: May 27, 2014, 05:44:48 PM »
Well so far I've been unhappy with the Vizio Co Star so I'm looking for an alternate. Sadly, the Netflix app on my Vizio tv works better than the one on the Co Star! Also, the browser is finnicky at best and while you have the Google Play Store, the problem is that there are a TON of apps that I like (and use) that are NOT available for the Co Star for whatever reason ("compatability" ??). I haven't even hooked up my HD HomeRun Dual yet, but from what I've been reading, they say Windows Media Center works very well with it so now I'm contemplating a mini PC I can tuck behind my TV that will just run Windows 7.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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Home Entertainment PCs / Re: Raspberry Pi
« on: May 13, 2014, 09:56:27 PM »
Well I'm paying $73.95 (+tax) a month for my internet now, BUT that's for Blast from Comcast that recently got its speed doubled from 50/5 to 100/10Mbps! And I'm actually GETTING those speeds too, which is nice! I was paying $63.95 a month for only 25/5 (but getting around 28/3) and I figured with all the streaming I'd be doing now, it was worth the $10 extra for 4 times the speed. I'll have my Vizio Co-Star tomorrow and the HDHomerun Dual on Thursday so I'll report back this weekend!
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Home Entertainment PCs / Re: Raspberry Pi
« on: May 10, 2014, 07:52:12 PM »
Thought I'd pop my head in...
Finally saying F@#& YOU to Comcast (still forced to get my internet through them though) and using my dad's old 13-ft antenna in the attic with a HDHomerun Dual (haven't gotten it yet, but soon!) on the network with my Zyxel NSA320 NAS, plus a Vizio Co-Star on my nice TV and my RPi on the bedroom TV. Can't wait for it to all be running smoothly! And to be saving $70 a month!
Finally saying F@#& YOU to Comcast (still forced to get my internet through them though) and using my dad's old 13-ft antenna in the attic with a HDHomerun Dual (haven't gotten it yet, but soon!) on the network with my Zyxel NSA320 NAS, plus a Vizio Co-Star on my nice TV and my RPi on the bedroom TV. Can't wait for it to all be running smoothly! And to be saving $70 a month!
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UO News / Re: [UO Herald News] Producer Letter
« on: February 05, 2014, 07:30:37 PM »how many months until free to play?
Nah...it's more like handing it over to a collection agency so they can milk it for all it's worth, but it's not the companies problem anymore!
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UOMaddogs' Script Library / Re: Maddog's Jhelom Farm Taming Trainer
« on: December 28, 2013, 10:31:55 AM »
Well I've quit playing UO but I still check these forums (usually daily). I'll do my best to continue to support my scripts, but it's been awhile since I've touched most of them.