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jammin0:
Ok, I bought one of these things.  I'm actually planning on giving it to my sister for Christmas as a media streamer.

Maybe I'll post a video of some Mame4Droid gameplay if I get a chance this weekend.  It cost $59 shipped from an Ebay seller in Hong Kong and came to my house in about 7 days.  My initial thoughts are pretty positive.  There are tons of horrible reviews but equally as many positive reviews.  The first thing I did was flash a new rom on it.  Then I started playing around with XBMC since it is going to be used primarily for media streaming.

It is about the size of a harmonica, plugs into the service USB port on the back of my computer for power and runs Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean.  It has mini-hdmi port, card slot, mini-usb, and usb.   Plugging a mouse or keyboard into one of the usb ports works great and I just played one game from the app store with a cheap control pad that I had but didn't take any time to map controls.

I don't think it is ideal for an arcade setup just because there is no really slick way to do it from a software standpoint.  I don't think there is an easy way to change android to load an app on startup and hide the system bar etc.  Maybe someone smarter than me will run with it though.  Anyway, thought I would share.  This thing runs XBMC a million times better than my jailbroken ATV2.
Unstupid:
NUC is yummy!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102002
stan2323:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on November 15, 2012, 07:21:08 pm ---Don't fix what isn't broken.
--- End quote ---

Here here. Too many people try this and screw up something.

Stan
sharpfork:
I'm glad to hear the XBMC runs strong on this device.

Is this the one you bought?
http://dx.com/p/mk808-dual-core-android-4-1-1-google-tv-player-w-1gb-ram-8gb-rom-wi-fi-tf-hdmi-160535
!

I think android has a bright future but just isn't there yet for cabs.
At some point we'll see a form factor like this (VGA!):
http://apc.io/about/
and power like:
http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G135235611947
for <$100.
BP, the dev of coinops is talking about moving to Android.  When the hardware is ready, I think he'll do some cool stuff on the fronend.

In the meantime, I think the way Degenatrons does it is really cool:
https://sites.google.com/site/degenatrons/building-an-xbox-powered-arcade-cabinet
I know you have xBox experience
 :cheers:
I'd do the video conversion through component or a frosty VGA hack.

Please let us know how emus work.  I've played a bit with final burn on my android tablet but it doesn't have the same power your device does.
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