The last few months, I've been on a quest to find a decent offline local media player. My parents are in their late 70s and farmers and not very technological (well, my dad is but he won't admit it). As a geek that loves to introduce the non-geeks to tech, I've been working on a way for them to enjoy the digital media I have but in a dead easy way.
Thus my ventures back into Raspberry Pi builds. My main goals initially started out to just build a replacement media box that 1. DIDN'T REQUIRE A CONSTANT INTERNET CONNECTION TO WORK (ie Fire devices and ATV were out of the question). 2. Easy to use interface/customizable. 3. Under $150 total cost 4. Ability to use usb harddrives to host media vs just streaming services (ie no plex or netflix)
