[Gloucs] Raspberry Pi accessories

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Glyn !

         WELL  DONE !   and, thank you for the effort


                Chandra

On 25 June 2012 21:46, Glyn Davies <glynd at walmore.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Bit of RPi chat at the last meeting so I thought I'd make a quick post
> about where I've got with mine and specifically some add-ons I've
> found to be okay[1].
>
> My Pi is destined to be a media box replacing an old Xbox running
> XBMC. So, one of the XBMC distros for the Pi is the obvious choice.
> I've tried RASPBMC and its okay. A bit slow on the menus, etc and I
> see far too much error message like text at the top of the screen.
> OpenELEC is next to try.
>
> So the hardware accessories I have bought (always with cost in mind are):
>
> Kingston 8GB C10 SD card - £6.70 -
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140759300971
> HTC USB PSU - £3.95 -
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110882169721
> HDMI to DVI cable - £2.12 -
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230615447381
> Scart to RCA + 3.5mm - £1.30 -
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320796409735
> Remote control - £4.89 -
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280637151631
>
> So, all for less that £20. The two cables are: one for my monitor
> (HDMI to DVI-D) and one for the Pi's eventual home connected to the
> TV. None of that fancy HDMI or LCD TV stuff here.
>
> I've tried all my purchases except the RCA cable and they have all been
> fine.
>
> Also better add that I had a £5ish USB keyboard from Tesco's here that
> I have used with the Pi. Keyboard is redundant now I have the remote
> control and it seems to work with RASPBMC more than it doesn't work :)
>
> Not bought a box. Printed out the punnet PDF
> (http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1310), stuck that to a cereal box
> and cut that out. Warning: the audio socket hole is not quite in the
> right place and the Ethernet hole needs to be opened up a bit. Once
> glued up its a perfectly good box.
>
> Anyway, hopefully this is of interest to someone.
>
> [1] Warning: I have a fairly high tolerance to crap
>
> --
> Best Regards
> Glyn Davies
>
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