$25 Raspberry Pi running XBMC

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#588582 29-Feb-2012 21:56

I got onto this late, I was in transit when sales went live and just go home from the airport.

Thanks for the Element14 link. About 10 minutes ago I managed to register and place an order and advised 38 day wait. I can live with that.

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#588615 29-Feb-2012 22:43

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bodysoda: i placed my order via their 0800 90 80 80... very friendly auziees :)

was it free shipping via phone? thought only free via website... didnt even think about using the phone.

Representative didn't mentioned anything about the shipping cost. I got the invoice emailed to me. Total cost is $48.26 + $7.24(GST) = $55.50. I am not sure shipping is added on top of the invoice.
I have to wait for the charge to appear on credit card.

How much did you pay via website?

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#588616 29-Feb-2012 22:54

yeah paid the same, im not sure if i have to wait 38 days or not. stock said "please call" or something to that effect.

was all excited and planning on checking site at 7pm, but my son didnt want to go to sleep :)

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#588620 29-Feb-2012 23:07

I wonder Raspberry Pi support Flash to view the video content site. Anyways, delivery is around 3 to 5 weeks.... I will super excited in the following weeks, to see courier man on my door step :)

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#588625 29-Feb-2012 23:17

bodysoda: I wonder Raspberry Pi support Flash to view the video content site. Anyways, delivery is around 3 to 5 weeks.... I will super excited in the following weeks, to see courier man on my door step :)

you can use xbmc with the hulu/free cable plugins to view those sites, not sure if the youtube works the same way (should do).

theres also a nz on demand addon for xbmc to view tvnz/tv3 on demand stuff (not sure if this still works, been awhile since i used it).

but thats only helpful for xbmc, would need flash support if using a desktop environment (i think adobe has stopped flash development for ARM)

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#588627 29-Feb-2012 23:24

reven:
bodysoda: I wonder Raspberry Pi support Flash to view the video content site. Anyways, delivery is around 3 to 5 weeks.... I will super excited in the following weeks, to see courier man on my door step :)

you can use xbmc with the hulu/free cable plugins to view those sites, not sure if the youtube works the same way (should do).

theres also a nz on demand addon for xbmc to view tvnz/tv3 on demand stuff (not sure if this still works, been awhile since i used it).

but thats only helpful for xbmc, would need flash support if using a desktop environment (i think adobe has stopped flash development for ARM)

Fantastic.... exactly what I wanted.... Thanks for explaining...

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#588629 29-Feb-2012 23:29

yeah the hulu/freecable addons are really good, they basically just open the stream directly and playback the video feed, not requiring the flash player.

watching terra nova on hulu addon right now :)

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#588717 1-Mar-2012 09:56

This is incredible, I'm certainly going to be looking at one or two of these.

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#588904 1-Mar-2012 15:14

Interesting I was actually charged USD$49.99 and this converted to $61.29.

Seems a bit unfair to give you a price in NZD then bill you a different price in USD??

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#588915 1-Mar-2012 15:28

jbard: Interesting I was actually charged USD$49.99 and this converted to $61.29.

Seems a bit unfair to give you a price in NZD then bill you a different price in USD??

what site was that through?

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#588924 1-Mar-2012 15:32

reven:
jbard: Interesting I was actually charged USD$49.99 and this converted to $61.29.

Seems a bit unfair to give you a price in NZD then bill you a different price in USD??

what site was that through?

Farnell - but used the element 24 part - and it was the nz part of the site.

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#588927 1-Mar-2012 15:37

jbard:
reven:
jbard: Interesting I was actually charged USD$49.99 and this converted to $61.29.

Seems a bit unfair to give you a price in NZD then bill you a different price in USD??

what site was that through?

Farnell - but used the element 24 part - and it was the nz part of the site.

ill check my statement, receipt says

Line Price: 48.26
GST : $7.24
Total : $55.50

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#588930 1-Mar-2012 15:39

reven:
jbard:
reven:
jbard: Interesting I was actually charged USD$49.99 and this converted to $61.29.

Seems a bit unfair to give you a price in NZD then bill you a different price in USD??

what site was that through?

Farnell - but used the element 24 part - and it was the nz part of the site.

ill check my statement, receipt says

Line Price: 48.26
GST : $7.24
Total : $55.50

Yeah my receipt says the same as you, just different on my bank statement.

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#588932 1-Mar-2012 15:40

So you used this link?
http://nz.element14.com/raspberry-pi/raspbrry-pcba/sbc-raspberry-pi-model-b/dp/2081185

Have you been sent another invoice or something?

FYI, My credit card hasn't been charged yet. Not that I would expect it to either. At least not until the stock is ready to ship.

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#588938 1-Mar-2012 15:45

dontpanic42: So you used this link?
http://nz.element14.com/raspberry-pi/raspbrry-pcba/sbc-raspberry-pi-model-b/dp/2081185

Have you been sent another invoice or something?

FYI, My credit card hasn't been charged yet. Not that I would expect it to either. At least not until the stock is ready to ship.

OK scratch everything I just said, turns out it was something else I bought that i forgot about and i thought it must have been the raspberry pi.

Must have stayed up far to late waiting for windows 8 ;)

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