Quote from: stan86 on May 02, 2018, 06:53:24 AM

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I have indeed been working on a NavCoin TV Box. It has taken some R&D to get to where I am. Have tried boxes with 1GB of memory, they are fine but think something better is warranted. Have tried 2GB memory boxes and they are fine as well but have had some where the memory is faked. Have my first box with 3GB of memory and an S912 (8 core processor) and not happy with the WIFI chip as it is fairly incompatible, so initially at least, the box will run Linux via ethernet and not WIFI. The plan is to find a working USB WIFI dongle or eventually have an image with operational WIFI.

There are also plans for an experimental NavCoin TV Stick. It will also be a an S912 device and will have 2GB of memory. It is experimental as these are quite temperamental from all reports as they run hot at 80 degrees C which causes issue with the WIFI and stability. It is very cool but not for prime time and will not be encouraged except for people who know the risks and want to experiment. Have some heatsinks coming that might allow them to be modified to run cooler and from all reports will fit inside the case. Do not have a device yet so just going off what I have read.

The will be an economical version at some stage using a S905x with 2GB memory and working WIFI as long as a reliable source can be found for these. These will likely be close to half the price of the S912 version.

The box will be loaded with a fast Micro SD Card or USB drive. I am currently determining if it is best to run NavPI from a docker image or directly. The system will run Ubuntu 16.04 probably desktop as it becomes quite a functional Linux box. Removing the SD Card or USB drive will revert the system to its original Android OS that will not be harmed in creating a NavCoin TV box/Stick so they should have a purpose or resale value other than NavCoin staking.

It is probably a month or two before it has been burned in adequately to put them out into the wild. It is mostly about configuration and finding the best box to go with now. It is still in R&D but the concept has been proven.

I have my test 2 gig box loading the blockchain from the beginning. It has crashed once which I am ok with at this stage as it was low on memory and has so far loaded the blockchain from the beginning to block 2027207 and it will complete very soon which I am very happy about.

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