https://blog.insanegenius.com/tag/android/Recent content in Android on Pieter Viljoen's BlogHugoenSun, 22 Jul 2012 20:36:07 +0000https://blog.insanegenius.com/2012/07/22/xbmc-for-android-on-pivos-xios-ds/Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:36:07 +0000https://blog.insanegenius.com/2012/07/22/xbmc-for-android-on-pivos-xios-ds/<p>In my <a href="https://blog.insanegenius.com/tag/htpc/">ongoing quest</a> to find the perfect Home Theater PC platform, I was excited to read that <a href="http://xbmc.org/theuni/2012/07/13/xbmc-for-android/">XBMC had been ported to Android</a>. This opens possibilities for XBMC on low cost, low power, low noise, small form factor hardware, with hardware accelerated media playback.</p> <p>The XBMC Android development was done on a <a href="http://www.pivosgroup.com/#!vstc0=xios">Pivos XIOS DS</a> device, and I ordered one from <a href="http://amzn.to/M4zD8o">Amazon</a>. At $115 it is not exactly low cost, especially compared to mature platforms like the <a href="http://amzn.to/MTVgCf">Roku 2 XS</a> for $98 or <a href="http://amzn.to/ORnvBV">Boxee Box</a> for $180.</p>