Skylake NUC Review (NUC6i3SYH): HTPC Usage & Conclusions (3/3)
Skylake NUC as HTPC In this last part of our Skylake NUC Review we check out how well the NUC is suited for HTPC use. After all, the small size, quiet fan, low power...
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Braswell NUC Review (NUC5CPYH): Building a HTPC with OpenELEC (3/3)
Part 1: Hardware Overview Part 2: Windows & Performance Part 3: Building a HTPC with OpenELEC OpenELEC on Braswell NUC The Bay Trail NUC DN2820FYKH was a very popular starting point in the HTPC...
Bay Trail NUC (DN2820FYKH) Review – part 2
“Building an home theater PC (HTPC)?” is the first thing Intel says on their website. It’s clear that this NUC is designed to be the budget HTPC platform. It’s got many good characteristics for...
Part 2: The Fanless NUC as HTPC (DE3815TYKHE)
In the previous article I told you about the new fanless NUC running a Bay Trail Atom processor, the DE3815TYKHE (Amazon) which is mainly targeted for various embedded systems, digital signage, kiosks, etc. In...
OpenELEC 4.0 is here (XBMC 13 as well)
Following the release of XBMC 13 ‘Gotham’ yesterday, OpenELEC 4.0 has been released. Get yours today, much has changed since the last 3.2.4 release. Do note that manual update or a fresh installation is...
Enabling Live TV in XBMC/OpenELEC
Introduction Allright, time to make Live TV work on OpenELEC. This is applicable not only for the Intel NUC but actually almost any hardware. Let’s start by looking at what do we actually...
OpenELEC 4.0 Beta 2 has been released
The OpenELEC project just announced that OpenELEC 4.0 Beta 2 has been released. If you are currently running the 3.2.4 version or earlier it is recommended that you perform a clean installation. This is...
Mapping the buttons on the remote control
Allright, time to make the remote controller work as I want it to. At this point I have a clean installation of OpenELEC and XBMC, the remote controller works, but the buttons on my...
Getting the IR receiver to work with Haswell NUCs
There seems to be some issue with the BIOS of the Intel Haswell NUCs that causes the inbuilt IR receiver to be nonfunctional out-of-the-box in OpenELEC. The nuvoton-cir module will load ok, but you’ll...