Often addons only focus on one aspect of enjoyment for your HTPC. You have addons that excel at bringing you the best movies, such as the Velocity Kodi Addon, and plugins that are amazing for sports, such as the Kodi SportsDevil Addon. However, some addons are good at many things … read more
Usually, as buyers, we think the more cores a processor has, the better. And generally, these cores come in pairs. You see the words Quad-Core, Octa-Core, and so on. Is this a true benchmark of performance? Well, if we look at modest, yet well-performing boxes, such as the Tronfy MXQ … read more
SABnzbd is a free and open source newsgrabber that makes Usenet as simple and streamlined as possible by automating almost all tasks. It is a must-have companion for media center enthusiasts for apps such as CouchPotato to download movies and Sick Beard to download TV shows. This post introduces the … read more
An important aspect in each of the skins we have reviewed, has been, without a doubt, add-on integration. It is important, from a user perspective, to be able to make shortcuts to your most used addons, because this decreases time spent browsing and gives you more time to actually enjoy … read more
It is a relief to have such a dedicated community of developers pouring efforts and time on bringing us the best addons. In addition to useful plugins such as the Kodi Genesis addon, or more recently, Kodi Velocity addon, we have so many plugins available, that it is easier to save them on … read more
Think of an Android media player where storage space is not a concern. You probably don’t know one. Most of these devices come with very limited native capabilities to store files, and if you want to expand your storage space, you have to resort to things like an external HDD … read more
Each HTPC application has its advantages and shortcomings. If you want to play media locally, or stream it via addons, your best bet would be installing XBMC/Kodi, whether it’s the Kodi for Android version or the Kodi for Windows one. There’s also an option to configure your own media server, which … read more
On February 29th, 2016 Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center (OpenELEC) announced its new OpenElec 6.0.3 Release. OpenELEC is a Linux distribution designed for home theater PCs and based on the Kodi media player. What’s New in OpenELEC 6.0.3 Release? This new OpenELEC 6.0.3 contains some improvements as a maintenance version, as well … read more
Usually we think of 64-bit technology as a truly marvelous hi-tech term to refer to “advanced computers”. While this is not entirely true, a 64-bit system has some advantages over a traditional 32-bit one; and in the case of TV boxes, these advantages might -or might not- translate into better … read more