{"id":12920,"date":"2015-07-12T15:18:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T14:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12920"},"modified":"2015-07-12T15:18:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T14:18:14","slug":"review-of-the-slice-media-player-powered-by-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12920","title":{"rendered":"Review of the Slice media player, powered by Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandyjmacdonald.github.io\/assets\/slice_inside.jpg?resize=560%2C314\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sandy Macdonald has written a comprehensive review of his recently-arrived Raspberry Pi-powered media player, the Slice. The Slice was created by Five Ninjas and inside has a Raspberry Pi Compute Module which runs OpenElec and Kodi. You can <a href=\"http:\/\/sandyjmacdonald.github.io\/2015\/07\/11\/slice\/\" target=\"_blank\">read the review here<\/a>. It&#8217;s extremely positive with a few minor caveats. Well worth reading if you want a media player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandy Macdonald has written a comprehensive review of his recently-arrived Raspberry Pi-powered media player, the Slice. The Slice was created by Five Ninjas and inside has a Raspberry Pi Compute Module which runs OpenElec and Kodi. 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