Smart TV (2)
Chromecast to VGA
When Google first launched the Chromecast, I wanted one as it seemed like it would solve a lot of viewing problems for me. The trouble was, my "TV" (technically, it's a 42" monitor as it has no tuner) doesn't have any HDMI sockets, so it would cause more issues than it would solve, and I figured it would be £30 wasted.
When the price was dropped to £18 recently though, I figured that was within the realms of wasteable money I was prepared to spend. My TV didn't have HDMI, but it did have composite, RGB, SCART and VGA connections. Surely something would work...
Smart TV - Raspberry Pi style
When I ordered my £25 Raspberry Pi, I didn't know what I was going to do with it, but when I heard that XBMC had been ported to run on the Pi I realized that I needed 2 Pis; one for XBMC, and the other so I could have one I didn't know what to do with!
