This is befitting for a home media center since you want to always access your media whenever you want from whatever device at home without having to power on the Pi. The Pi is a low-power consuming device, so you can afford to leave it running without having to power it on and off.

However, if you’re an advanced user, you can install Raspbian, OSMC, OpenELEC among other OSes that can run on the PI on just about any SD card out there. But for the purposes of using it as a media center, you need to purchase a good casing, at least an 8GB SD card with “New Out of Box Software” (NOOBS) operating system. The Pi3 comes with a 1.2GHz 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 CPU which is twice as fast as that of the Pi2, inbuilt 802.11n Wireless LAN (which is lacking in the Pi2) and Bluetooth 4.1. The Pi3 which is the latest release is twice as fast its predecessor, the Pi2. It also has a MicroSD card slot, Combined 3.5mm audio jack and composite video, Camera interface (CSI), Display interface (DSI). Produced by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, UK-based charity organization, the PI comes with quad-core ARM processor, 1GB of RAM, 4 USB ports, Full HDMI port, Ethernet Port. I’ve been a fun of the PI ever since its inception four years ago. This little (officially) $35 device is an incredibly powerful and capable computer. With knowledge of the different components that you’ll need, now we shall dig deeper each of them. You’ll need a low-budet computer which in this case we shall use the Pi, an enternal hardrive that houses your media files, a wireless router for connectivity, a TV for your viewing experience and Kodi, the most advanced free media center I know.

This system will allow you stream music and videos, share photos and files with family and friends at home at a low budget. In this post, I’ll try to show enthuasiasts how to build their own home entertainement system. But if you want something that will wow your friends, then you have to use some of the tried and tested tools. With a basic computer, an external hard-drive and windows media center software, you’re off on the road to organizing and enjoying your home media. Sure there are plenty of ways of building your own home media center. How would you like to take charge of your own entertainment experience, listening to your music and watching videos and movies at your own convinience with any device without much spending on data? If this is something you want for yourself, then you’re in the right place.

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