> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Ruben J=F6nsson > wrote: >=20 > > How about Android with accelerated video? It could then be a competitor > > for all > > those TV sticks that makes your TV "smart". > > >=20 > Android on a RPi? It's already been done with the "old" version, but if a= ll > you're after is smart TV stuff then there's OpenELEC and RaspBMC which ar= e > XBMC distros - lots of people already using RPi as a media centre. > Doubtless the new version will improve performance, but the most importan= t > bit is the videocore and my understanding is that hasn't changed. >=20 > Chris > --=20 Yes, but has it been done with full video acceleration for the Broadcom chi= p? And will video performance be better with RPi 2? I already have a TV stick running Android which I like but video performanc= e=20 isn't very good. I have been running XBMC on an XBOX for several years (a long time ago) and= was=20 very pleased with it and may try it again now but XBMC is more like a dedic= ated=20 media centre while Android lets you run more desktop/laptop/tablet type app= s. /Ruben --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .