{"id":14154,"date":"2016-02-12T10:19:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T09:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14154"},"modified":"2017-01-11T11:29:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T10:29:32","slug":"new-home-theatre-box-with-surround-sound-using-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14154","title":{"rendered":"New home theatre box with surround sound using the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.iggcdn.com\/indiegogo-media-prod-cld\/image\/upload\/c_limit%2Cw_620\/v1452722311\/cfz1k058cop7hean4f1w.jpg?resize=560%2C434&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"434\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>This crowdfunding campaign failed. This post is left here for historical reasons<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pi2design.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pi2Design<\/a>\u00a0has come up with a\u00a0very neat package for their latest crowdfunding campaign (<strong>campaign failed)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Pi2Media Home Theatre One combines a Raspberry Pi 2 with two add-on boards to create a full surround-sound\u00a0home media centre. It comes with the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connects to your TV or Monitor via standard HDMI cable.<\/li>\n<li>Internal mSATA storage up to 1TB (comes standard with 32, 250 or 500GB).<\/li>\n<li>Comes pre-configured with OSMC as the default boot option. (This can be changed at any time via the included 8GB SD card loaded with NOOBS.)<\/li>\n<li>Outputs 24-Bit 96Khz\/192Khz High Resolution Audio on all 8-channels<\/li>\n<li>5.1 pass through via Optical TOSLink (S\/PDIF)<\/li>\n<li>Built-in WiFi (802.11b\/g\/n) with an internal antenna. 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