Raspberry Pi HTPC

[Arinoth]

Originally Posted by Sparkix

The wiki states it has an "HDMI connector providing HDMI 1.3a out"

Here is a link to the hardware details in the wiki:
RaspberryPiBoard - eLinux.org

That wasn't my question, my question is if its legally licensed, aka are they paying royalties to be able to legally use hdmi on their hardware, which they'll be selling to consumers.

[Sparkix]

Originally Posted by Arinoth

That wasn't my question, my question is if its legally licensed, aka are they paying royalties to be able to legally use hdmi on their hardware, which they'll be selling to consumers.

I understand your question, but can't answer it. The site indicates that they are well funded so they may be picking up the tab on royalties.

[Sparkix]

XBMC on Raspberry Pi looks like it may be a possibility:

Raspberry Pi [HTPC] - Winder if this will work out for XBMC?? - XBMC Community Forum

[Arinoth]

Looks like its release has been pushed back a month to December, still interested to see how it'll pan out.

[LaughingCrow]

This article says it's nearing launch date:

US$25 Raspberry Pi personal computer nears launch date

[Taichan]

This will likely NOT work as an htpc. Not because it can't play the videos but because it can't run the front end.

Also stuff like subtitles might not work as they actually take a lot of cpu power to push and I'm not sure they can be offloaded onto anything else like the video can.