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Tronsmart Ara X5 Plus
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Decent Wi-Fi performance
This box delivers 50 Mbps of download speed and 20 Mbps of upload speed over Wi-Fi. To extend its Wi-Fi coverage, it comes with an attachable Wi-Fi antenna.
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The big antenna is unattractive
This unit has a tall and bulky Wi-Fi antenna. This also makes it harder to hide this unit behind your TV.
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Built-in Cortana app works as your personal assistant
By using the Cortana application you can set reminders and get answer to simple questions using voice commands. You can even ask it to tell you a joke.
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Memory can’t be upgraded
Since RAM is hard-wired to the motherboard, it is not possible to add more memory.
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Comes pre-installed with a fully licensed Windows 10 OS
You won't have to go trough the process of buying a Windows license and setting up an OS to use this device.
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Slow when multitasking
This is mainly because it has only 2GBs of RAM. It will still handle a dozen web browser tabs, but you should avoid doing other demanding tasks simultaneously.
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The box is silent
Since there's no fan for this device, it doesn't make any noise.
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Can add more storage
This unit has a microSD slot and a USB port, so you can add more storage to the already existing 32GB of internal storage.
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Great media quality
This unit has no problem with playing 1080p and Blu-Ray videos at 60 frames per second.
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Weight:
10.1 oz (286.3 g)
Dimensions:
4.65 x 4.47 x 1.06 in (11.8 x 11.3 x 2.6 cm)
RAM:
2GB
CPU:
Cherry Trail Z8300 14nm 1.8G 64-bit Quad core
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Roku Streaming Stick
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Great search engine
This device has the best search engine amongst its competitors. It shows you the largest number of apps and displays what content is available on those apps, how much your desired content costs, or if it’s free of charge.
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There's no web browsing
There's no web browser on the Roku OS.
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Has a convenient companion app
You can install the Roku app on your smartphone for easy access to convenient features. For example, you can turn your smartphone into a remote control for the Roku Stick.
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You can't play games on it
There are no games on the Roku OS.
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Seamless performance
The Roku Streaming Stick needs only 27 seconds to boot up. There are no glitches or slowdowns while navigating through the user interface and using apps.
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Lacks an Ethernet port
The only way to connect this device to the internet is through WiFi.
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You can search for content using voice commands
With the Roku app, you can search for content using only voice commands.
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Doesn't include an HDMI extension cable
While the device is only 5.5" in size, it still might be too big for some TVs. You may need an HDMI extension cable to be able to use this device.
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Can be remotely controlled
There’s no need for a mouse or keyboard to manage this device as it includes a remote control.
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Compact design
The Roku Streaming stick is just 3.3 inches long and plugs directly into the HDMI port at the back of your TV.
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The pre-installed Roku OS offers a variety of media streaming features
The Roku Streaming Stick is pre-installed with Roku OS, which is a Linux based OS. The Roku OS is built for media streaming and offers a high variety of apps and streaming channels that are updated every week.
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Weight:
0.6 oz (17 g)
Dimensions:
0.5 x 3.3 x 0.8 in (1.27 x 8.3 x 2 cm)
RAM:
1.5 GB
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Quad-core
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Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
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The largest and most active community
Raspberry Pi has the largest following of any single-board computer. The amount of guides, tutorials and software available for the Raspberry Pi is unmatched by any other competitor. A regular user has close to no chance to run into a problem that hasn’t been covered already. If a web search doesn’t yield any results, the users on the official forums are very responsive and will usually reply within a day.
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Combined USB and NIC controller
The NIC is run through USB so they share bandwidth.
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Affordable
The Raspberry Pi is very affordable.
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Closed-source bootloader and GPU
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Easy setup
Setting up a Raspberry Pi is easy enough even for people who have not installed an OS before. The official documentation is very detailed in explaining how to install the official Raspberry Pi OS, called Raspbian and even a beginner can follow it without a problem.
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Slow WiFi
The WiFi adapter cannot support more than 2.5MB/s under perfect conditions; not enough to stream Blu-ray.
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Large number of operating systems available
There's a massive number of Raspberry Pi OSes available. Most of them are some kind of Linux flavor and general-purpose and some other OSes are available for specific purposes like media streaming or gaming and emulation.
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Limited onboard NIC capabilities
Because the Pi's ethernet port is powered by the USB bus, it is not ideal for high performance routing and switching. While some network monitoring programs may work, using this device as a content firewall or gateway is not ideal.
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Good GPIO functionality
The Raspberry Pi 3 model B offers 28 GPIO pins plus 12 power and ground pins to be used within their projects. This is a very reasonable number of pins for most projects that will need them. The special communication protocols officially supported are the following: IIC (Inter-Integrated Circuit), SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) and UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter). The GPIO functionality explained above allows the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B to be connected with various peripheral devices and, as a result expands the functionality of the board. For example, IIC and SPI buses can be used for attaching multiple analog to digital converters which can be used to “read” analog channels like thermal sensors, humidity sensors, CO2 sensors, etc. Meanwhile UART can be used for communication between multiple Raspberry Pi’s.
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Not as powerful as some other SBCs
While still a very powerful single-board computer, it’s not as powerful as some other SBCs. For example, it has some problems with streaming 4K videos; and even at Full HD, it has problems with YouTube. It is also unable to run newer games even if they are not very demanding such as Team Fortress 2 or DotA.
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The default OS is great for learning to develop software
Raspbian's main goal is to be used as a teaching tool for schools in CS classes. As such, it has multiple development tools pre-installed. It comes with a Python installation, Wolfram Mathematica and Java IDEs.
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Pretty slow comparatively at the RPI 4B
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Great legacy gaming support
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B can be also be used as a console emulator using an OS image called RetroPie. Setting up RetroPie the first time will only take about 30 minutes on average for someone who has never done it before, and even less for experienced users. You can emulate various platforms ranging from early ‘80s legacy consoles like the NES, to more recent ones like the Wii and PlayStation Portable.
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No ADC (analog to digital converter)
This means you need to add an ADC module or use a capacitor charge timing hack to read analog sensors.
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Can be turned into a fully-functional multimedia center
You can easily turn any Raspberry Pi into a fully functional home media streaming station with its ability to stream 60Hz Full HD videos. You just have to hook the Model B up to a Full HD monitor (through an HDMI cable), decent speakers (the Bluetooth 4.1 connectivity will allow the use of the wireless ones). Then download applications (Netflix, YouTube, Spotify, and Kodi for example are all supported out of the box) and your home multimedia station is ready. Once built, you can even control the media station using an Android or iOS app.
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GPIO voltage too low for some projects
Compared to the 5v of Arduino boards the 3.3v of the GPIO on the Rasberry Pi 3 is much lower and affects project components needed. Although, some add-ons will work with both voltages.
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Native Bluetooth capabilities
The model 3 B has built-in Bluetooth support. This is very helpful when connecting multiple peripherals and when the number of USB ports on the Pi is not enough.
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No support for UAS
The USB ports do not support USB Attached SCSI to speed up data transfer.
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Hundreds of apps available through the official store
Raspberry Pi also has an available "Pi Store" which houses hundreds and hundreds of apps ready to download and use on a Pi.
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No SATA
Board has no SATA port or something similar.
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Many debian (aptitude) packages available in ARM
Many aptitude packages are available for this device. Helping installs go quickly.
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No on-board Microphone
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Can handle basic day-to-day operations a PC can without a problem
While older versions of the Pi have had some annoying performance issues, the latest version has had a 50%-60% performance increase from the Raspberry Pi 2. This makes it a pretty decent choice for an everyday PC and it can perform basic tasks like opening and editing documents or browsing the web without a problem.
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Power hungry
The Raspberry Pi 3 is a pretty power hungry single board computer. It needs a power supply of 2.5A to function which may not be already available to users and needs to be bought separately.
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Good wired connectivity
This SBC's wired connectivity is pretty complete. Users will get four USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, Ethernet, a 3.5mm audio jack, CSI (camera interface), and DSI (display interface).
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Lags while browsing and on day-to-day tasks
Keeping in mind Raspberry were designed keeping teaching and education in mind, asking it to replace our daily PC needs would be unfair. However there are many other SBCs that can serve this task easily.
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New free Pixel version has a good Chromium browser
The new free Pixel version of Raspbian (a variety of Debian Jessie) has a good Chromium web browser with Flash and Pdf handling included. Can live with little RAM: 1 GB is ok, more is super.
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Problems with USB 3.0 hubs
It is known that Raspberry Pi has an issue with USB 3.0 hubs in conjunction with the use of Full- or Low-speed devices (most mice, most keyboards). If you have any devices with additional USB 3.0 ports (e.g. a keyboard) they won't work on Raspberry Pi.
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Lightweight and fast booting Raspbian Pixel now also runs on PCs and Mac with i386 processors and little RAM
It is now also available for free ( USB booted) on PC or Mac based on i386 processors. Works well and boots fast. The minimum USB key size needed is 2 GB. Pi promotors are working on a HDD bootable version too.
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Doesn't have built-in storage
A micro SD card is required for Raspberry Pi to function.
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Very good documentation
Extensive documentation available for beginners and experts. All sorts of projects covered.
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ARM processor
Some programs are incompatible with the ARM-based hardware.
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Can be used as an everyday PC
Powerful enough to run standard apps, so it can be used as a home PC.
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Storage can be upgraded
Uses a separate micro SD card, so the storage can be upgraded or even taken out to read from / install a new OS.
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Bluetooth 4.1LE
Good for lots of connectivity in projects. connects to keyboards and mice.
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Downloadable magazine
Has it's own magazine, also available in print with very helpful articles and project ideas.
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Can play 1080p videos at 60fps
The Pi 3 can play 1080p videos at 60fps, which is a significant upgrade from the previous Pi 2 which ran at 30 fps. However, the built-in browser has problem with running YouTube videos at 60fps but by using another browser such as Firefox which is installed separately there should not be any problems with running videos at 60 fps.
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Does not require much power to run
Runs off a 5V smartphone charger and can also be powered using a battery pack.
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Can easily switch OSes and profiles by a simple switch of the MicroSD card
It's super-convenient to have multiple MicroSD cards with different images and switch them on demand. Much better than re-installing and re-configuring an OS every time.
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Plenty of third-party accessories available
Cases, cameras, etc.
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Visually appealing
The board looks much prettier than, say, the Banana Pi.
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Has full HDMI-CEC support
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Makes a great home web server
Makes a great little web server. Installed "LAMP" Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
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RAM:
1 GB
CPU:
Broadcom BCM2837 (4x up to 1.2 GHz)
Storage:
microSD
GPU:
Broadcom video core 4
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