Kodi boxes
Anyone tried any of the Kodi/android streaming boxes? thoughts?:h
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Raspberry PI is the only "Kodi box" made with consent and cooperation of Kodi developers. Good quality, but this is only a board. Don't know why Pi don't sell it with the case. Sometimes I see Pi boards on Amazon mounted in 3-rd party cases with remote included, or at least it says "Pi based". Kodi/Flirc website sells some Pi enclosures as well.
Kodi itself is just a platform, a freeware, open-source soft player available to anybody for downloading and modifying at the source code level. They have legal apps/addins repository, though this isn't anything impressive. Documentaries, music, news, not much else.
You can't stop pirates from modifying or writing apps that work under Kodi and are not legal.
And you can't stop backyard factories in Asia from making media players with Kodi installed there, that don't work for long, or can't be upgraded, or go up in flames (yes), - and call it "Kodi boxes".
Edit: Pi does sell their boards with cases - as a kit. You need to put it all together, this might deter some users. Kind of a hobbyist approach - well, they are a nonprofit company.
Kodi itself is just a platform, a freeware, open-source soft player available to anybody for downloading and modifying at the source code level. They have legal apps/addins repository, though this isn't anything impressive. Documentaries, music, news, not much else.
You can't stop pirates from modifying or writing apps that work under Kodi and are not legal.
And you can't stop backyard factories in Asia from making media players with Kodi installed there, that don't work for long, or can't be upgraded, or go up in flames (yes), - and call it "Kodi boxes".
Edit: Pi does sell their boards with cases - as a kit. You need to put it all together, this might deter some users. Kind of a hobbyist approach - well, they are a nonprofit company.
