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Review: The EzeeCube stackable media center is a disaster
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 11 July, 2015
Update: I have been in contact with the project's founder, Ashok, since I wrote this review. Despite the harsh words for the EzeeCube, Ashok has been gracious enough to provide assistance and updates to me on a weekly basis. I was recently sent an updated media center with the latest firmware to test, and I will be doing so this week.
Original Review
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12. July 2015 @ 10:28 |
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Been using the OUYA still for most of all that minus a bluray player. I run SPMC an unhobbled fork of XBMC. Let me see, games, HDD support. I run some free-to-air TV apps...
Took a few updates so hang in there. It too came late.
Its a lot easier being righteous than right.
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Zilog Z80 CPU, 32KB RAM (16K+16K cartridge), video processor 6847, 2KB video RAM, 16 colours (text mode), 5.25" FDD
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hearme0
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12. July 2015 @ 11:44 |
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I'm amazed at how stupid and careless people are when making seriously bad and uninformed decisions to spend a bunch of cash on ideas that will very very very likely fail...........such as Ouya. Didn't think anyone would be dumb enough to actually buy into that but guess it is possible I could be wrong.
As for Ezeecube..........NEVER trust a product from someone named Ashok. One guess what region of the planet this person is from. Clearly he/she doesn't give a rat's ass about those that funded and supported the project.
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Bozobub
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12. July 2015 @ 19:00 |
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a) The Ouya had/has definite issues but nevertheless, a good number of people also liked it just fine.
b) Don't be a racist pig, please.
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12. July 2015 @ 19:18 |
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Also, my 1TB HDD is already showing up as 0.89TB of available space. What could possibly be taking up 111GB of space on the set-top I will never know.
Uhhhh you do realize that a 1TB hard drive only has 931GB of usable space right? Granted that still leaves what, 37GB (assuming 4GB for the OS) unaccounted for, but its not 111GB.
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12. July 2015 @ 22:59 |
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Originally posted by TaZMaNiaK:
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Also, my 1TB HDD is already showing up as 0.89TB of available space. What could possibly be taking up 111GB of space on the set-top I will never know.
Uhhhh you do realize that a 1TB hard drive only has 931GB of usable space right? Granted that still leaves what, 37GB (assuming 4GB for the OS) unaccounted for, but its not 111GB.
True. But 37GB for an open source Kodi build? Please.
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13. July 2015 @ 03:17 |
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Originally posted by hearme0:
I'm amazed at how stupid and careless people are when making seriously bad and uninformed decisions to spend a bunch of cash on ideas that will very very very likely fail...........such as Ouya. Didn't think anyone would be dumb enough to actually buy into that but guess it is possible I could be wrong.
Knob-end, I bought it primarily for my little child to play with. In reality, it costs bugger all and works fine.
Bought a "smart TV" in the last couple years?
Its a lot easier being righteous than right.
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Zilog Z80 CPU, 32KB RAM (16K+16K cartridge), video processor 6847, 2KB video RAM, 16 colours (text mode), 5.25" FDD
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Bozobub
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13. July 2015 @ 10:32 |
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Heh. that's a VERY good point. You can buy a "dumb" TV (or even just a monitor) and get an HDMI "stick" PC (with or without a tuner) that has all of the "Smart" features, all for significantly less than the "Smart" TV.
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EzeeCube
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13. July 2015 @ 12:56 |
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On behalf of the team at EzeeCube I?ve reached out to Andre directly to try and address his concerns. We?re still a small, young shop and obviously we have some pretty keen goals. We?re aware that some of the issues identified here are essentially show stoppers - such as the mobile applications. As a team we?ve stepped through the review in detail and captured a list of concerns - technical, communications, logistics and QA related and have followed up with Andre directly for further feedback. I will follow up again to this post in a few days to highlight the progress we?ve made in fixing the issues identified here.
Andre ? thanks again for your early and (this is a long shot) continued support! It really means a lot to us. :-)
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Bozobub
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13. July 2015 @ 13:46 |
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Originally posted by EzeeCube:
On behalf of the team at EzeeCube I?ve reached out to Andre directly to try and address his concerns. We?re still a small, young shop and obviously we have some pretty keen goals. We?re aware that some of the issues identified here are essentially show stoppers - such as the mobile applications. As a team we?ve stepped through the review in detail and captured a list of concerns - technical, communications, logistics and QA related and have followed up with Andre directly for further feedback. I will follow up again to this post in a few days to highlight the progress we?ve made in fixing the issues identified here.
Andre ? thanks again for your early and (this is a long shot) continued support! It really means a lot to us. :-)
While the review is pretty bad, I give you full props for staying on the ball and trying to make things right. Good luck to you.
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14. July 2015 @ 08:20 |
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Why anyone would have opted for this is beyond me. My PS3 recognises my phone, laptop, computer and Tablet and I can transfer any files I need to without any issues via DLNA. Why get an Ezeecube?
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Bozobub
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14. July 2015 @ 10:14 |
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Many people don't own a PS3.
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14. July 2015 @ 13:36 |
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Originally posted by Bozobub:
Many people don't own a PS3.
Also, it doesn't play everything. But he has a good point regardless. A second hand one might not be that expensive.
Originally posted by Bozobub:
Heh. that's a VERY good point. You can buy a "dumb" TV (or even just a monitor) and get an HDMI "stick" PC (with or without a tuner) that has all of the "Smart" features, all for significantly less than the "Smart" TV.
And it's upgradable. For instance, I've seen reports Youtube and Facebook are no longer going to be working on existing models. I expect that has something to do with Flash support.
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Its a lot easier being righteous than right.
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Zilog Z80 CPU, 32KB RAM (16K+16K cartridge), video processor 6847, 2KB video RAM, 16 colours (text mode), 5.25" FDD
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16. July 2015 @ 06:54 |
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Originally posted by hearme0:
As for Ezeecube..........NEVER trust a product from someone named Ashok. One guess what region of the planet this person is from. Clearly he/she doesn't give a rat's ass about those that funded and supported the project.
Wasn't that the name of the intern from the "Dilbert" comic?
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Bozobub
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16. July 2015 @ 10:25 |
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Yes.
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