not just the 'illegal' downloads but also every free app and service and some of the paid ones
you'll be surprised how hard it is to find a box that plays netflix, iplayer, youtube, 4OD and so on all on one box. and sky go - the only way you can get footy matches on the big screen is via a PC/MAC rather than iPad or chromecast etc
this also lets you play local video (e.g. from your phone/camera, or rips you've made of your own DVDs), and music too (spotify, your own mp3s)
whatever your niche, it'll most likely be easier through this (streaming football matches....)
basically, it plugs in to the TV and is far more versatile than a dedicated TV box/device (like the nexus player or roku or apple TV). it's a full computer and you can even browse the web on the big TV
the remote is a good touch for this particular model, made for the living room

I need this to become around the £100 mark again?!, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, hehehe. :-)

I'm struggling with the beast why can't I play anything it keeps loading and not letting me play anything

I think I needs me some Windows 10 to like play with a wee little me thinks?, lol. :-)

Amen to that idea?, hahahahaha. :-)

Got the beast running thanks

Just to let anyone interested know - I did not need to mess around with anything to boot from USB, nor did I need to enter BIOS.

After updating to Windows 10, all you have to do is click the Start button -> Settings -> Update and recovery -> Recovery and then click restart now under advanced restart. From here, you can select boot from USB. I believe this is also possible using Windows 8.1, should you need it.

I'm installing Windows 10 on my SSD as we speak.

Thanks, yes I did that but even tho I booted from 'removeable device' set to first boot and F12 it will not boot even tho I got it to do once. Like on another post I had the same problem. Think I will have to ask my male friend to help lol or I'll just put it away!

Did you have any luck, tried to pm you but not turned on?

Far right under boot but it needs changing from never to always

I hope you get an answer to this because I am getting an SSD in the next couple of days (it's under the tree already).

I have upgraded to Win10 on the main drive and I boot from a USB for Openelec.

With the SSD I am hoping to dual boot. From what I have read you need to install Win10 first so I was going to install that from scratch using a USB image.I was then going to follow this for Openlec http://www.pcworld.com/article/2955460/operating-systems/dual-booting-linux-with-windows-what-you-need-to-know.html

Hopefully someone can confirm the best way of doing it>

I use this build called The Blackbox for kodi. Easy to set up and update through the wizard. Gareth updates weekly usually Friday. It tells you what build your on say 1223 which is 23rd Dec latest build for tonight.
I'm not a Pro I just followed the instructions lol Hope this helps.
Or just add the zip http://theblackboxostv.co.uk/kodi/
http://tutorial-iptv-xbmc.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/the-black-box-build-wizard-add-on-for.html

What option in bios is legacy boot under? sorry I'm still learning!

Thanks I'll try again

Must enable legacy boot mode

I have just done the above since installing my SSD but when I boot from the USB W10 media tool it will not let me do a clean install because its the GPT file system? I upgraded to W10 before I did this.

Did the beast not show up, I had trouble on a friends and there is a workaround for the last bit on the video I linked to.
If you haven't changed your "Folder Options" to display hidden folders you will not see the AppData folder. There for go into Control Panel>Appearance and Personalization>Folder Options>Show Hidden Files and Folders and then make sure that it's selected.

[/quote]Can you please help me how to get kodi on mine I've tried the beast but that doesn't work help please I got kodi but nothing on there[/quote]
google and download tvaddons :smiley:

Can you please help me how to get kodi on mine I've tried the beast but that doesn't work help please I got kodi but nothing on there

Any ideas how to get this thing to output 5.1? Have set up as far as I can see - audio settings see my amp but all I get is multichannel but only front speakers being used - testing with YouTube 5.1 videos nine work

As I have done a clean installation of Windows 10 I have lost the software that allows remote control of the pc using the Acer Remote iphone app. Apparently the software that comes with the Revo One is called "Acer remote desktop ap". Does anyone know where I can download it from as I would like to try it?

I downloaded kodi then Fusion but can't find HD Movies anywhere and keeps saying no network can't load or work anything out help please tried the YouTube videos but first thing they do is addon Fusion but mine doesn't work

How to get kodi on this please

have to admit I have changed my mind with the remote quite handy the more I use it :wink:

for those who missed this deal

http://www.tesco.com/direct/acer-revo-one-mini-pc-inc-remote-control-intel-celeron-2gb-60gb-ssd-white/508-9710.prd

Teardown/RAM replacement from previous post. Interesting to see the innards of the machine.

I had to replace my tv just after buying this due to old one going green screen, anyway i bought a smart tv and then set up plex on this. Amazing bit of kit with the software. Just select plex server via input and all my media on there. Watched 15 gig blu ray no problem whatsoever. All controlled by my tv remote.

Thanks, I am tempted but I could get a new 60gb SSD for £25 although WIN10 and Openelec open up fast enough for me on this machine.

I am going to load Gparted on a spare machine and have a play with it. I am still trying to understand why the Openelec installer did not recognise the partition I made on the Revo drive.

Offer £6 delivered on this and have play Shaker...worth a play?

http://www.hotukdeals.com/for-sale-trade/fs-60gb-2-5-sata-hard-drive-6-postage-2342931

Glad you sorted it.

I might try sorting mine out later but at the moment I am just happy I have got it working.

mine worked straight away never even knew Openelec had a Bluetooth toggle on/off setting, Lol Perhaps on initial start up it recognised I had a Bluetooth usb installed and set up accordingly..

I have sorted mine, I booted into Lunix "Gparted" software selected the 120gb drive and really easily "Move/resized" my partitions from the unallocated space, to max out my storage within the drive 102gb storage!!!! :smile:..

I'm yet to try "GParted" on my main windows drive, But pretty confident I can resize the partitions in that drive too..It's a great piece of software.

You most probably could use the 120gb for storage if you install Openelec using Linux but that is beyond me!

I now see Bluetooth is disabled by default in Openelec....I have just enabled it so hopefully I will be able to use it when I have set up the system and put it in the living room. I seem to remember having problems before with Openelec and Bluetooth so lets hope they are now sorted.

Can't I use the 120gb hdd for storage?.I totally want to get away from usb's sticking out the back?.

Btw, my Bluetooth media remote works fine on both Windows and Openelec.

I have just got Openelec installed using 2 USB's. I followed the Pi link I gave above. I could not get the SD card to load so I used a second USB for the SYSTEM and copied the latest version to it as this http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php/HOW-TO:Installing_OpenELEC/Creating_The_Install_Key#tab=Windows

Once installed you only need to keep the Storage USB connected. Bluetooth is disabled on Openelec!

I think I have totally missed vital steps installing Openelec....I just installed it to a formatted HDD 120gb..

When I think I needed to install it to sd card or another usb and use Gparted to map the 120gb hdd as storage??..

I don't know totally confused now?. I would ideally like Openelec on the 120gb hardrive as it is now and use the unused hdd space as storage?? Is that possible?.. Don't really want sd/usb to run Openelec

The USB marked STORAGE on the Pi set up does not show in Windows. Is it anything to do with file system EXT 4?

I may have to start again then, lol...cheers, I knew something wasn't right? Just my head is hurting reading so much, and now I got to find out how to sort that..

Can't have a 120gb hdd only showing/using a few mb's...

Also I would of thought Windows "my computer" would of been showing as a secondary drive but it's not showing just the partitioned 1tb?

Yes as soon as you put the Openelec installation files on a HD/USB/SD the free space on them goes to almost zero. For instance I have just checked the 8gb sd card with the installation files and it's showing 95.9mb of 255mb.
On the Pi link the SD had to be marked SYSTEM and the USB had to be marked storage.The installation files went on the SD card and the USB had to be empty but file system EXT4 had to be used

When I put Openelec on my Pi it was very straightforward. I know I used special Pi installation files but there was not any space for storage.

Yes I installed on a 120gb hdd, because it was asking me to select a destination hdd (and only showing windows 1tb disk) that's why I whacked the 120gb in there...

It's working super awesome!!!...dualboot f12 shows both drives select and of you go, I did spot an issue though??.

Checking the systems hardware (all my media on the 1tb drive) it's showing as storage 100% on the 120gb drive???? There's nothing on there???...I'm guesing it's written a image on a tiny part of the 120gb drive and not reading the reast?

I can remember writing partitions (GPart) on sd cards years ago through Lunix to gain more storage on a bigger sd card for openelec on Pi's as it would only see the image and the rest of the card is wasted but I can't remember?..

So it's not perfect yet, Although showing at 100% full still no errors when scanning and adding fan art/addons etc? so I don't know what's going on?.

Yes, I have been using 8 and 16gb usb/cards so that can't be the problem.

I see you mention the Pi and you are correct that it's quite easy to install Openlec on the Pi using usb/card so why is it so hard to install it on usb/card for the Revo One? Perhaps it's because there is no other HD available.

This is a rather belt and braces approach to installing on the Pi http://www.noobsandnerds.com/forums/index.php?topic=137.0 I was wondering if you loaded Openelec on a SD card and used a usb for storage as the link above for Pi if it would work on the Revo . I do not want to lose win 10 on the main hdd!

I don't want to buy an extra hard drive but it looks like I have no alternative if I want the two systems on the Revo.

nice one cheers, i think i have a smaller version of this in another machine might have to pillage it!

Sorry forgot to paste - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00S9Q9UKS?ie=UTF8&at=&force-full-site=1&ref_=aw_bottom_links

Any one tempted to put more RAM in?

which one did you go for mate?

£26.99 good deal that wasn't it

can anyone recommend a cheap (but obviously useful) SSD please - doesn't need to be large capacity the 1tb HDD is more than enough for my current storage needs. running win 10

Install Steam on both devices, job done.

Thanks for your replies. I have now got it to boot from both the usb and sd card.
During the installation I was only given the option to install on the main 1tb drive or the usb/sd card.So it was either wiping the whole hard drive because it did not show any of the partitions or installing on the usb/sd.I didn't mind installing on the usb or sd card but the installation stalled on both drives at 80 per cent. Back to the drawing board.

How do you set it up to stream from your gaming pc? Thanks

I have?...ignore the 1234 boot menu that's showing in the bios..

You need to have the usb/ad card in go to bios, boot menu,

Just under the 1234 boot menu is another tab involving boot menu, select it and it will have to boot disks "you windows disk, and the make of your usb/sd device"

Windows is default 1 usb/sd is 2 ...move your usb/sd to 1 (the top)..

Save and exit and it will boot you usb/sd..

If I wasn't copying atm I'd give you a screen shot...

Disable secure boot, then change the boot from always/never or whichever one it isn't. Change to usb boot first. Then enable f12 boot. Reboot using f12. USB will be only device can select. Sorry can't be more specific but mine has gone to Acer to be fixed after faulty RAM!

The only way I can get out of the 'Reboot and Select proper Boot Device or Insert Boot Media' loop is to go back to the BIOS set up and re enable secure boot . It will then boot to Win10 but it seems there is no way I can boot from USB or SDCARD

I think I'm sorted..and I'm in the bios :smile:

I have disabled secure boot and usb to boot..

Installed Openelec on a 120gb spare drive I had in hdd2

Now i f12 Openelec/Windows works great!..

I was confused as I thought Openelec was going to run from usb? But it wanted to install? Hence why I found a spare drive. But that's ok as it won't take up a usb port.


Now just got to figure out f12 on the media remote they supply, which may be a struggle as it hasn't got one, lol.

Wonder if the media remote supplied can be configured to enable me to f12 on it??

It is bit weird as a BIOS. I only managed to get a different boot device to work by doing the above and selecting it in the F12 menu. I tried changing boot order etc after disabling secure boot and enabling legacy bios mode but still no joy. F12 saved the day!

I didn't touch the 1TB drive. The SSD was placed in the only available spare slot.

I didn't create a partition on the 1TB drive immediately. I waited until after Windows was installed so it defaulted to the SSD.

I upgraded mine to Windows 10 without waiting for the 8.1 updates, it activated straight away. I then put one of the 120GB SSDs that Dabs were selling at the weekend for £26.99. I next booted from a memory stick with the Windows 10 setup files on. I chose to delete all partitions on the 1TB drive and install Windows on the SSD. I then had to install a few drivers from the Acer site and now have a nice, reasonably quick and silent pc with plenty of storage space. Thank you OP.

That's exactly what I'm trying to do (openelec on usb) I'm going to try on another pc first to see if the image loads..

Happy with mine, took several hours for various updates and windows 10 to complete and it was very slow to respond.

With a clean install it seems capable enough and above all I now have a near silent pc connected to my TV that doesn't take up space.

I'm using a Logitech K400 with mine.

Thanks OP

Thanks I have followed the above and it still does not work!

All I get is 'Reboot and Select proper Boot Device or Insert Boot Media in selected device and press a key' so I took the SD card out and replaced it with a USB dongle and still got the same message.

BTW I already have WIN10 installed and I am trying to load Openelec from an SD or dongle. I am using a USB mouse and keyboard until I have set the system up but that should not effect the boot should it?

You need to change both secure boot and then in the boot menu the option at the top that says never to always. It is a bit unclear but then 4 different options in black will appear below it. Enable the F12 boot menu. Reboot and keep tapping the F12 button. When windows 10 has installed and restarted the computer remove the USB stick as it will try to boot from that again otherwise.

Well wired keyboard f2 del is not working so I'm guessing Windows 10 has knocked this option out??.. I'm no expert but I can't get into it?

Any other idea to force usb boot?

Edit

Quick Google suggests something to do with Windows 8 ufei ???.

Looks like my Windows 10 upgrade has messed with this hence I can't get into the bios??...it's suggesting updating the bios but I'm reluctant to do this..

Think I'll remove all drives to force bios settings to see what's going on?..

Eeeek:(

anyone want to buy mine changed mind doh Paypal gift 99.99 plus 5.50 collectplus its yours

Bios is Del but most times with 90% of PCs you often have to use a wired keyboard to get into it from my experience!

F2 or del.

You could always access the bios from Windows.

http://acer--uk.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/27102#_ga=1.93202584.442683255.1448612839

Tried "del" and "f2" both wired and wireless?..

What's going on...I am right in saying it's f2, Right?.

is there a way to get into the bios with the mini remote?.

I've also tried f2 on a k400+ wireless keyboard still no joy?

I've updated to Windows 10 and the first message was " your qualcomm Bluetooth suite 64 is incompatible with this operating system."
Should I be going to the Acer website to get new drivers?

Thanks will try and be patient.
If I clone the HDD to a SSD in the second drive slot can I just then wipe the original drive? Will it know to then boot from the SSD or do I need to do something to tell it to?
Also re the win 10 download link above there are numerous versions Ie. 10N 10KN etc which is the right one to choose? Also language I presume is English and not English international? Weighing my options before getting too messy - great learning experience though

Look pretty good, going to try openelec on a usb (it's only a 5 minute job) see how I get on with it?..if not I will go for this cheers...

What about making a partition on the D drive and putting openelec on it? I have been looking at this this http://www.howtogeek.com/214571/how-to-dual-boot-linux-on-your-pc/ This way you would be able to keep your usb drives free.

Powered up for first time & wasn't offered any updates? Can I force download these?

I have finally installed Win10 without any problems. I now want to dual boot with Openelec.

Does anyone know the best way of doing it?

Thanks a lot

Ok if I don't upgrade straightaway to Windows 10 will it get deleted I will switch Acer on then have a browse then delete everything from the control panel then wait for Windows to update all day until Windows 10 pop up don't come, If I upgrade to Wibdows 10 later would that be possible or I have to do right away I have 2 questions can someone please answer for me?

1. Is the Windows 10 going to be deleted if I don't update when the pop up comes?

Does Windows 10 come free with The Acer Revo?

2. If I don't delete my apps and data when requested it will only slow down my computer later on but what shall I delete and which files and where from?

If I don't touch anything let Windows update stuff and don't delete would that be a problem in the future??

One last thing does the Windows 8 or Windows 10 software Cd comes with it separately or its already installed please help thanks to all the repllys much appreciated

Got mine today, the neighbour took it in yesterday. Started it up and it immediately updated 8.1 then reboot "do I want to upgrade to w10" yes-2 hours later on infinity all done. When you install w10 I suggest you do customize install, I have done a lot of this, why because Microsoft want all your information eg browsing, typing, searching etc so they can spam you with adverts and apps etc. Don't believe me then choose customize and see what is already selected eg inking data. Very much like Google and indeed Apple it seems.
After that I am now getting rid of the bloatware via control panel eg, Mcafee ( I hate it, defender is good enough) all the other rubbish eg ebay, booking.com etc. Some of the apps are just in the start menu easiest way right click uninstall. I tried a 1080 8 gig film and no problem whatsover, very impressed. 2 spaces free for swappable drives which I will add later on. Bargain, thanks op :smiley:

I've never reserved a copy of Windows 10 (4 installs)..

Just use the media creation tool, you can have it when ever you want?..done!!!

I had 29 and installed them then 59 then 30 so it must be near the end now.

Mine just arrived, now what to do... Does the Logitech k400 keyboard work with it??

Most people are upgrading to Windows 10. You cannot upgrade until you have all the Win 8 updates installed. I have been installing Win 8 updates all day and still have not got the ok to upgrade to Win10.[/quote]






I just shut mine down after having a play for an hour or so, and it said 161 updates are installing before shut down, did its thing for an hour, shut down eventually, started up all done!..

Are you doing your individually?...mine done in one go.

I have a windows Vista on my old pc.

Just had mine delivered never used Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 what shall I do switch the Acer Revo on and install what first I know running a new computers requires a lot of updates what shall I do first I don't understand all the SD and HDD stuff just had a read all the comments still not sure where to start am I suppose to upgrade to Windows 10 straightaway does it come free or start with Windows 8 then upgrade later please can somebody help me I'll be forever thankful to you

Yes you do, for the system/ms severs to register it's eligible for the Windows 10 update...

Little Windows upgrade window in the bottom right in the running processes taskbar after the updates, the your ready to use the media creation update tool..

Half way through the Windows 10 upgrade process you have an option to

1, keep aps and files
2, just files
3, keep nothing

I chose "keep nothing".. and it's clean..


Only issue I had was I had to update the graphics (intel) driver through "device manager) as hdmi sound was missing..

I've upgraded to 10 on mine straight away as soon as the 160 updates installed...

I used the media tool available through Google on the Microsoft website..

I chose the "keep nothing" option...and from what I can see it's clean as, nothing on it., obviously still has the partitions tho..

So from unbox to fresh 10 (ethernet) took about 2hrs.. most of that was the 160 updates for 8.1..

I'm really interested in dual boot kodiunbuntu (sp) so going to have a read on that...

Keep your setups coming, great read..

I just got this email:

Unfortunately the item on your order has now gone out of stock. As you have
placed your order via PayPal I am unable to edit the order due to security
reasons. Therefore, your order has been cancelled and refunded.

I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Kind Regards,

Sarah

for people who missed out:

http://www.ebuyer.com/698759-acer-revo-one-rl85-2tb-celeron-nettop-dt-syuek-007

I placed my order 08:42am Fri morn and got the email saying stock problem at 09:16am, it's been saying stock problem in order history since then, logged in just now expecting to see order cancelled as 48hrs has passed, but now showing order placed. Anyone else?

No idea. I do run KODI on my Macs and desktop via windows and had openelec version on a Pi. All of my PCs are i5 or i7 though....even runs ok on core duo macbook....main reason I did this was on my old Revo r3610 kodi via windows really struggled but kodibuntu was amazing (think in part to windows version not using the GPU) so on a lower powered machine I would always dual boot windows/kodibuntu.

If you upgrade to W10 first and then do a fresh install however you want it defo saves the activation information in the BIOS. You just need to click skip when asks for serial number. I did this on this machine before it decided to die and on 2 other machines. Just make sure when downloading the W10 iso using the windows 10 tool to select the 64bit, UK Home version of 10 and it will work fine. Everything else you said is spot on but do upgrade before clean install. I'm now jealous as my new toy is going back to Acer for repair or replace (would of sent back to eBuyer but they won't have any left obviously!)

Hi Benny
Do you keep the stock HDD in same place and just install SSD in the side caddy? Can I clone the main HDD to SSD? My skill may be able to manage this far - will it know to boot from SSD thereafter? Oh what size SSD do you need to run this way? Sorry for the questions but you seem to have your setup nailed.

Do you think Kodi would work quite nicely if I install openelec and have Kodi through that?

Thanks for all the replies guys.
I'm probably going to stick with it and when I get home from work will try and get Win10 installed. All I really want it for is to use Kodi on it and put some films/music on the hard drive.

cantonbean maybe knows more about activations than i do, but i would warn everybody to be prepared to lose your activation before you do anything. just be aware of the risk is all.

i would like to believe he is right though and if you upgrade first you'll be OK. you will have the partition issue though I think

potentially - create a system image of the 8.1 install before you upgrade anything but yes i believe there is definitely a risk you will lose your windows activation.

as i said I didn't need mine anyway

No but it is important you upgrade to windows 10 BEFORE you do follow this process from the default 8.1 install. It will then save the W10 key in your BIOS. Also dont upgrade the BIOS after the issues I am having! TBF they are taking it in as I think the RAM failed by sheer bad luck post BIOS update!

Very useful guide, thanks. Will a key be needed to do this?

Is there a step by step guide to a clean Win 10 install please? Does the package come with a physical Windows 8 CD (guessing not).

I'm also installing a new SSD if that helps and will reformat the original disk to use as data storage.

Thanks, ordered a new one as mine was only 78gb or something.

anythings similar fir price band available need it for parents webbrowsing youtube skype
thanks

How are people finding their revo's so far? I must say I'm a little disappointed.
Mine seems to have poor wifi signal that keeps dropping out or not finding any wifi at all. Windows seems really sluggish.
I'm not even sure this machine will run kodi it feels that slow..

I have an old SSD, what will I need to use it with this PC?

I brought one of these just on a whim but don't really need it.

So, if anyone is interested in buying an unopened one for the cost paid and a shipping fee - let me know.

Missed delivery anyone got s number for yodel

Yes, as I said install Windows 10 on a SSD and use the existing drive as mass storage after deleting the partitions and reformatting.

For me any computer now should have OS on SSD by default so I wouldn't begrudge buying one if I didn't already have a spare.

WiFi mines been OK but earlier today I connected it to ethernet instead and it's in a different league to be fair but that's just wifi in general, my phone is just the same.

To give you an idea of capability, a little earlier I was downloading some files at 4MB/s, Picasa was running and scanning my thousand or so photos for faces and I was streaming a full 1080p movie to my TV using plex. And the cpu was at 85% or so doing all that at the same time. Just now I had about 20+ tabs open on Microsoft Edge browser and it was still more than usable.

Unbelievable little thing.

Yeh still running Windows 8. The wifi signal is terrible just seems to take forever to download updates. Occasionally the wifi will just drop and no connection is available.
Also straight out of the box I checked the cpu performance and it was 98% and didn't drop below even though there were no programmes running.
Any ideas?
Thanks.

Just got mine, can't grumble at that..

Got soo much I want to do just can't decide best way to go about it so keep the ideas coming..

I'm thinking duel boot usb or sd Kodi, ssd boot Windows 10, 1tb standard in slot for 2 storage?..

Comments appreciated..

Mines now perched happily under the TV purring away! What a bargain!

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i would never flash a bios from windows just asking for trouble , i have bricked lots of motherboards doing that never again , why did you want to update the bios anyway ?

Not impressed! Had all setup perfect for windows and used their bios update tool and on shut down it crashed. Now not detecting RAM in bios and won't save any changes I make to bios...anyone any ideas?

mine was delivered at 9.35 this morning by a bloke in a Robin Reliant.

Does anyone have a free Ebuyer contact number

dual boot, Usb, sd, or something else?

Which version of Windows would be the easiest for this machine (given its specs) to run? 7, 8 or 10?

Mine delivered but hoping neighbour has it as away for 2 days typical lol.

Same here, but no updated notes so I am still expecting they will be cancelled.

Just tracked my order they couldn't deliver today because of no access in the morning. What shall I do now wait for them to rede liver or contact them please thanks

Mine has just arrived - also received a PayPal refund for the one they wouldn't supply me with.

having and older acer but also doing some playing around in the bios (del key on boot) it might be worth increasing the video buffer from 32mb to 128mb? I know this used to help on my revo 3610 and that actually had 256 dedicated. I am in process or installing W10 from fresh and then kodibuntu so will let you now how 1080p goes through that.

Thanks for the input. Yeh was feeling a bit too optimistic for a bit there, I'd say you are correct. :smiley:

Mines just been delivered :smiley:

I don't know if it's anything to go by but I've just played the 4k 60fps version of Big Buck Bunny on YouTube and it played flawlessly.

Mine is with courier - Still do not know why I bought.lol

Received mine at 8:30 this morning. It'll be replacing my Dell e520, a previous HUKD deal from 8y ago! Thanks OP.

Received mine and quite amazed at the size. After thinking about it for a while I can only assume the empty hard drive bay may be a quick release swap. so say you have two 1tb storage drives. you can quite quickly turn off, open up the case and swap them over with relative ease due to both being attached already to identical quick release enclosures.
quite a good idea but of course could have just had two to save all hassle.

Definitely after w10 update will update all drivers etc like you say makes massive difference .

GPU acceleration usually depends on the codecs used as well as the capabilities of the media player being used.

Stuff like Kodi/Plex.etc does tend to be able to take advantage of the GPU offload in various chipsets/graphics cards, web based players/services usually depends on what underlying technology they're using (E.g flash, silverlight, html5.etc) as well as in some cases which browser you are using.

Also make sure a recent version of any graphics drivers have been installed.

finally got this to a point where i think its totally set up for my needs

remote desktop is working both on lan and on internet, plex installed, itunes etc. etc. all my media will be going on the stock drive.

it performs really nicely with a ssd for general computing, internet etc is fine but you do notice the impact when you start playing videos etc. its struggling with that in particular to be honest.

when playing virtually any video of a reasonable quality, cpu shoots up to 99% and pretty much stays there. not sure how its going to handle full hd stuff, but id be amazed if it is perfect in terms of not stuttering etc, its stuttering a bit for me on youtube 1080p... :/

Got mine today. If I use the Acer Recovery Management utility to do a customised restore (retain user data) is that a safe way to get rid of all the bloatware?

upgraded to w10 which took about 5 hours in total.
It for the father in law for basic Web surfing so hope he likes it :smile:

Yodel

Who do they use to deliver? used to be UPS?

Expected delivery 28th....No sign yet

Looks like mine's being "Yodelized" over the weekend too, probably in the back of some geezers Corsa at the minute :confused:

Its BGA1168 so sadly without reflowing it no.

Got to see if I will get mine first. Still processing order after my credit card issue.

Do you know if the cpu in this would be changeable? I've not opened it to see what it's like

I get bored easily. :smiley: I modded a sfx PSU and a HD7770 into my old HP microserver. Played COD and other less demanding games pretty well.

A low profile GPU would be incredible! Cpu might struggle tho lol

Or maybe a mini PCIe to dual SATA card. Then its cabling and power splitting. Not sure how much space there is. The easier option is just to add a USB Hard drive. But where is the fun in that.

Now can I gut it and get a low profile GTX750ti in there! :smile:

possibly - the stocked hdd isnt really easily accessible though so before i do anything drastic i'm going to see how it runs with this existing ssd and the stock for storage.

1tb + system ssd should be enough for me anyway tbh.

think the bugbear is literally all they needed to do was solder another slot on... probably a few pence.
theyve even given us the tray!

If you are not using wireless or Bluetooth you maybe able remove the mini PCIe combo card and put in a mini PCIe SSD thus freeing up both slots. This is all theoretical.

1080p 23 Inch IPS Monitor anyone? £100.00

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/asus-vx239h-23-inch-1080p-ips-monitor-hdmi-mhl-speakers-99-99-amazon-2336713

Mine just arrived. To those talking about bloatware my suggestion is upgrade to windows 10. Download the windows 10 ISO and use free windows ISO to USB tool from Microsoft. Then reinstall windows 10 from the USB as fresh install (after you have windows 10 on a machine unless you alter the hardware it remembers the licence activation) I did this on my HP stream 11...downloaded drivers from HP and it was 1000% better! Check if need to active anything in windows 8 first though as I'm quite interested in the cloud access feature with another 2tb disk installed.

Ah that's ***** that idea then :smiley:

I'm in Manchester, showing - 28/11/15 - 02:41 Your parcel is at our sort centre (Shaw hub)

Very true it's an absolute bargain to be honest

Mine just arrived I'm down in Watford. Doesn't have the two slots like has already been said which is a bit rubbish. Not going to set it up yet as want to put an SSD in it with a brand new OS to save having to deal with all the bloatware

of course!

they have absolutely no reason to be holding your money

PS paypal has an option where you don't pay until an item is delivered - i think its a setting in your account somewhere and im not sure it applies to all purchases but useful to have switched on

I did, should I open a dispute against them?

Mine was due today but it seems like it is stuck in a sort centre - I just hope it turns up in one piece & hasn't been "Yodelized".

got mine today, has 2 drive bay slots, ones labelled as (system disk) and has no visible sata slots, the other has a sata slot to plug a drive in, so it looks like you can install 1 additional hard drive

Totally agree. Instant payment + no stock = instant refund.

You're right, that's not on.

But crying because you missed out like the other guy is just stupid.

Did you use PayPal?

Because they didn't give any choice or an instant refund to those who fall into "stock problem" that's a really **** service, they should give a refund right away if they don't going to get more stock, or inform a little better about what is going to happen.
They still have my money, and they didn't reply my emails or tickets or give me a refund, and also the system doesn't let me cancel my order, so I'm right to be unhappy.

Thanks Benny

Mine arrived today used free postage 5 day option :smiley:

Just had mine delivered, even though I selected the free 5 day service!

here you go - everything except Google Chrome and MetaTrader are original.

I kept Acer revo suite and RLLEDCtrl as for revo suite I think it genuinely has some useful features but may get rid of it later. For the other one it's mainly because I don't know what it does but judging by the name I'm guessing it may be linked to the LEDs on top of the unit itself so didn't touch it. The acer hotkey thing is useful too but you can delete that if you want. everything else is crap and should go (especially mcafee antivirus).

http://imgur.com/268aUTH

EDIT. i deleted revo suite as well, its crap too. also make sure you delete mcafee sitescreen or whatever the other one is, theyre both junk

​ Some people said the Celeron version in the UK only has one additional useable slot (2 useable HD slots in total, the third is missing the connector).
​http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/acer-revo-one-rl85-mini-pc-inc-remote-windows-8-intel-celeron-60gb-ssd-2gb-ram-was-2272130?
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2 options really i believe, you can either go one by one through control panel "uninstall or change a programme" (long winded and requires a lot of reboots) or (although this is probably above your level) you can wipe the entire thing and clean install windows.

im doing the former as the latter will probably invalidate warranty.

PS. when I'm finished ill upload a screenshot of what's left so that you only have the necessary stuff

I thought I read (on comments to one of the review links above) that one of the 2 slots on this base model is not wired up?

If I put a SSD in a spare slot can I tell it to boot off that in place of the concealed central drive? or do I have to get into its core to swap around?

Advice on how and what to de-bloat would be appreciated for the non techie.

So many unhappy costomers, Ebuyer you should be ashamed.

Should have 2 additional slots

Mine has just arrived!

Unbelievable Jeff!

A whole day of tinkering :smile:

Dispatched for me thanks op

Order 8:45am stock problem email 9.19am.

ordered mine 8.43 order cancelled 9.17,
paid by my paypal stash, no refund as yet contacted ebuyer their e-note says will get back within 2 working days.
great no money now for any other deals that come our way.......

yea im going to try out wake on lan etc. then stick an SSD and windows 10 in it, then it becomes usable!

guys theres so much bloatware on this thing - ridiculous!

Would this keyboard be any good? http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B010X9SRI4?psc=1 - missed the Logitech deal :disappointed:

Checked tracking this morning and now Dec 1 oh well will be good to see if others get theirs today.

I to have not ordered since moving and did not update my address, it looks like mine is out for delivery on Monday- Paid via Paypal

Does anyone know if this version has the 3 HD slots?

Has anyone seen that they've reduced the next model up, the 2tb one? Is it worth paying the extra £60 or am I better off getting the Mac mini from pcworld for £299?
Thanks

I`m not convinced they ever had any,there were over 50 when I ordered but I`ve now been cancelled.

I remember Redcats Group offering attractively priced items then cancelling orders due to insufficient stock.It was their way of boosting account numbers.

http://m.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/24/review_acer_revo_one_rl85_/

Nice review as talks about this model as well as higher spec model.

Ordered at 7:40am and just got confirmation that delivering at 5:45pm tomorrow... Sometimes good to have a wife who gets up for work at 5:50am!

I've got order placed still, just got home from work but they've paused my order as I didn't update my billing address so payment was paused :disappointed:

I hope they reserved the stock for it still, or I'll be gutted.

​life is unfair mate

Ordered mine at about 8am, just had email saying will be delivered tomorrow. And I went for 5 day delivery????

Dispatched. Saturday delivery thrown in for free. Bought two but they're only going to send me one which is fair enough. No sign of them refunding my PayPal account as of yet though.

Maybe, maybe not.
Alot of the really cheap Android kits technically run kodi and will decode videos, but the experience in the menu system, as well as their flexibility around unusual formats is no substitute to having a desktop-class CPU.
Whilst i wouldnt say this is the definitive device, it is small, quite funky looking, and if you only have a TB of video to store then its amazing that it could all fit on the one device.
And for only £100, i remain of the view that it's a good buy, and a great Kodi machine.

Really ? i odrered same time and got Order Status Stock Problem , thats not fair

Sorry, this product has been discontinued and is no longer for sale.
Why not look for an alternative?

Dispatched :smile:...

Order 8:30
Dispatched 17:04

Happy Happy

Cheers Op...

*Update* Credit card company just phoned me its their messup. Apologise Ebuyer.
Hopefully I will get my machine. :smiley:

Think ebuyer are trying to mug me off. Order time 08:10am.

I've had the same address on my ebuyer account and credit card for over 10 years. Phoned MBNA and no issue with card or address and the transaction was authorised. I'll expect a 'stock issue' email at some point in the future!

Thank you for placing your order with ebuyer.com.




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Your order has now been placed on temporary hold whilst you update your billing address details.




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Never much time to research these so jumped in.

Does anyone know if this will work ok as a Plex Server?

Going to look at Kodi too

oh wow, it says that for me too!

still - i won't get my hopes up!!

Decent little media machines.
Put Kodi on, and it'll play pretty much anything.
http://www.trustedreviews.com/acer-revo-one-rl85-review-software-performance-and-verdict-page-2#tr-review-summary

ordered at 8:27, had an email saying payment was successful and its going through the warehouse but no despatch yet.

won't get my hopes up!

thanks Dennis. very comprehensive

What do you guys mean by 'make a great media player' etc?

Ordered 8.08am

Shipped 12:21pm

this is what im currently using for kodi http://www.reevoo.com/p/packard-bell-imedia-s2185 i won it for £50 on ebay all it needed was a hard drive

I'm looking too, but ideally I want something with one of the latest generation of processors that can hardware decode HEVC. Kinda glad I didn't get this deal in hindsight :laughing:

Ordered 8.38 with free 5 day delivery, email received at 9.15 saying stock unavailable
Spoke to them on the phone, didn't give me any options other than refund, they're not getting any more in stock and only came in for Black Friday

Time:
08:30:50 got Order Status Stock Problem

Ordered 07.41 and mine says "shipped" :sunglasses:

ordered 7:44

Out of interest what time did people order and have they got the dispatch/cancel email?

Mine ordered at 7:47am no email yet

says"goods allocated" on Ebuyer tracking

I've got despatched email :smiley:

Mine said stock problem and was ordered a while ago :-(

Ordered at 8.08am 5 day delivery, still Processing Order

Fingers crossed

I didn't get the 'stock problem' - went through with no issue.

Same, free 5 day delivery. Ordered at 7.54am

Nice!, but you didn't get the "stock problem" before that right?
I think I'm going to wait until late Monday before issue a refund.

I find this disappointing. I too managed to order this only to be emailed later saying there was no stock. I called them to ask if they get it back in stock will they fulfill my order at this price and they said no. It is really poor that the system can't allocate the stock dynamically as I had this in my basket when it was available.

bought one - not sure why?

If anyone got 2 and decide they don't want he second just let me know and I'll take it off you for a bit more than you paid. Mine was a cancelled order :-( Thanks

Just had an email "Great news! The following items have been shipped and should be with you shortly." I chose the free 5 day option.

Just got my dispatch notice so looks like I'm one of the lucky ones. Agreed they should stop selling when they run out instead of having to cancel orders. But this wasn't a bogus deal

Is it really beyond the capabilities of a company selling IT gear to have a shopping basket reflect the number of stock they actually have? How rubbish are they?

I am kind of disappointed with ebuyer as i have been looking at these for a while and was thinking of buying the i5 version with 8gigs of ram. It was £400 before this day and it is now £369, yeah a saving of £30 is not bad but the fact that they are claiming you are saving £80 from there original price is BULL!

Any alternative to this? Really need a media PC

Order processing and payment taken hopefully OK I ordered at 7.30 am. I just guess they couldn't keep up with orders we will see .

Yup, order failed too... half relieved as it wasn't a necessity, just a better option than my current android box. I wouldn't imagine them getting anymore stock in - certainly at the same spec and price

Gutted I missed this

i will personally wait the 48 hours and see if they can get any more stock

Nope nothing

Should we wait or issue a refund through Paypal?
The cancel option is not available on the order page for me at least.

i did paypal pay after delivery so at least i wont have to chase them for a refund

Email from eBuyer:
We're afraid we have insufficient stock for the following items:

Item Acer Revo One RL85 Nettop, Intel Celeron 2957U, 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, WiFi, Bluetooth, Windows 8.1 64bit QF 704001 QTY 1 Price £83.33 Status Stock Problem Help Est delivery date Unknown

You now need to decide what you want to do with these products. Please sign in to My Account on our website where you will find options available to you.

*sigh* - and so it begins!

im not going to get one am i ?:disappointed:

i did not get any email and when i click orders page i get Order Status Stock Problem ordered 45 mins ago

I managed to order one about an hour ago. Assuming I get it, would I be able to plug one of the Sandisk SSD plus drives currently hot from Amazon at £39.99 straight into the spare hdd bay?

Ordered one an hour ago and got the confirmation email only then to get another email now saying they have insufficient stock available. Doesn't look like I'll get one. Does't seem to be any way to check

Phew, glad I waited, out of stock now, I would of bought one but I don't really need one as I already have a media pc hidden in a box at the side of the TV, but this would look nicer sat under the TV :smiley:

am i.late again...missed the fun..grrrr...

Can I connect to monitor

why wont pictures show up what site do i need to upload to ? for the image to show

I have "payment taken successfully" email confirmation :smiley:

Think that's a more suped up version being reviewed

Hot UK Deals you swines. Did not need this in any way shape or form!

1 audio jack? My current revo has a toslink so I can connect to 5.1 DD DTS setup (not through tv). How would this work with my current set up?

Yeah a good option. It can be popped down the side of the couch when not being used and no chance of losing the mouse which i currently do alot :-)

Out of stock :disappointed:

Should have bought before i left this morning grrrrrr

There's a review on youtube and the reviewer is playing just that!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFozGcvvvFQ

Very nice one!
We will see if it supports SVP properly to watch movies at 60fps in 1080p

i ordered 30 mins ago and my order saying stock problem this is not good

out of stock

Out of stock :disappointed: It took me through the order process and after PayPal a message appeared:

"Sorry, there has been a problem. This may be because one or more of your items is now out of stock. Your order has not been charged."

All gone..

does anyone know if its easy to set up waking / switching on this unit from shutdown / hibernate / sleep remotely?

i've not been able to manage it on my (high end at the time) 6 year old gaming pc, but i dont know if it is a motherboard limitation or something that's stopping me

if i can't switch this on remotely (from both LAN and externally, it won't be any good to me, but i've already ordered it lol.

it will run ms office and steam ok won't it?

does this handle cs go?

out of stock

out of stock

I really wanted a NUC but have always thought that these look nicer when placed on the gloss white Ikea unit. Bought it though as the price is amazing for what you get. The old 3610 was getting a bit sluggish and will now be demoted to another room. Christmas has arrived early for me.

Seconded! 15.99 on Amazon right now (in black) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Wireless-Touch-Keyboard-K400/dp/B005LDLQXG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1448614505&sr=8-2&keywords=K400

I have ordered also............... I also purchased a Logitech K400 Wireless Touch Keyboard in white to go with it

For under a ton, this is ridiculously good value for money and is ideal as a HTPC. Heat

Will this output 2560x1080? Thanks

BOUGHT!

Awesome deal folks, thanks.

This will playminecraft easily

cpu is abit weak but heat anyway

Same here - but missed out on a Tesco deal last night faffing around with TCB.

don't forget quidco

I hate you HotUKDeals (thanks OP). Ordered.

No but seriously the child wants a tablet to play minecraft on, would this be a better buy

Would this be any good for Minecraft?

Bought, thanks. Another Christmas prezzie sorted.

haha just woke up and saw this incredible deal had to order it :smile:

Any good for basic Internet / Microsoft Acess?

Will this stream 4@

good morning , £99 just gone...... thnaks HUKD .
why .... I don't need this... I should have coffee before goto HUKD ..

OK, this, Nvidea Shield or Cenova dual boot thing from gear best?... main use kodi, with the odd tinker elsewhere?

Opps Bought one...

im buying this with the intention of hopefully using it as an always on pc i can connect to remotely and trade forex on.

power consumption should be really low and fingers crossed its powerful enough - at this price i had to try

was planning on a self build mini gaming pc at about £400 before i saw this but i can sacrifice the gaming if this covers everything else i need.

That makes no sense, as they wouldn't bother making two internal chassis, it wouldn't be cost effective to produce two separate chassis, unless it's just missing the plastic doc.

https://youtu.be/hGz_m_SxGYo?t=103 - check how they come apart.

Surely someone sells them if it doesn't.

I got the hp 260 g1 which is similar to this, same proc, for a home pc its quick.
I3 single core cpu bench is 900, ok it has 4 cores but rarely are all cores used at same time

Right, that's it, I'm staying off the net for the rest of today!!!!!

Can someone confirm for piece of mind, wether or not the max display is FHD or higher?
thanks

2957u is nice proc , has 800 cpu benchmark for a single core and has 2 cores. Some celerons in todays laptops have only 400 cpu bench per core

can i use this to replace my ancient desktop computer, don't need cd etc.

Great find. Thanks

The celeron model might only have one useable additional drive bay.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/acer-revo-one-rl85-mini-pc-inc-remote-windows-8-intel-celeron-60gb-ssd-2gb-ram-was-2272130?

Post #50.

Bought shield TV for Kodi, now not sure if I should got for this instead

Temping, although struggling to think what I'd actually use one for execpt maybe a UTM/Firewall (with a usb nic for the wan)

Ordered, awesome deal

Awesome deal thanks very much. Ordered despite not planning to buy anything like this today

and it begins, ain't even 9am yet....

I was about to ask the same question. Could someone help in answering, will it run too hot if used as server?

this is smoking hot.. i still can't believe it comes with HDD, keyboard and accessories

Wow 3 slots is seriously amazing.. I was expecting just 2.. Have a place for hard drives from dead laptops lying around now..

Could just raid them and make this a mini NAS

Great deal

Also confirmed by ebuyer staff at the bottom of the product page.

Can one of you clever techwizards tell me how this compares to the HP 260G1 which was on here about 2 months ago, please?

FYI - looks like it doesn't come with wireless keyboard and mouse mentioned in various reviews.

Ordered - got an order acknowledgement but not actually confirmed yet. anyone else's confirmed?

Hard to resist

Bought...

Thanks - I can always use another sub-£100 PC :-)

Hottt... just got one..any idea on how many hdd slot this thing has?

Nice one op was going to build an htpc but this looks so good for the money, bought and heat added.

Thought this might be available on BF as it's being discontinued . Wanted the i3 but at £99 I'm not complaining - surprised it's not the the cheap 2GB ram one. Bought 2.

anyone know, if you're able to OC the cpu?

cheers! :smiley:

How many computers can I buy! Arggggg :confused:..

Smoking!!... Nice one Op

I see no reason this wouldn't handle them perfectly fine, even without SSD.

A decent HDD can stream a 10gb blueray easily, long as the correct software is being used. Read speeds of a HDD are not that slow. We're talking of reading the 10gb file over 90+ minutes, that gives it a ton of buffering time etc.

Not sure why you would put an SSD in this for a media PC really, just making the OS a bit more smooth I guess. But in windows 10 I've really not noticed any difference between HDD and SSD for that, not like it was in previous builds.




I've just bought one of these to setup as a server in the other room, my Raspberry Pi 2 is **** me off, I want a full beefy Plex server and the pi just aint cutting it. So this can go in the other room and the Pi can become a plex player instead.

Great, wasn't planning to buy anything today but like the look of this so ordered one to replace my old Revo. Thanks OP, heat added. Now off to Amazon for a SSD...

Excellent deal. I use one as a HTPC. Get an SSD to go with this and you're away!

Would this be ok with Kod running 1080p I wonder

Ordered, thanks!

thanks

Looks good

What's the return policy like

Thanks

Can someone advise me if this would be OK as an upgrade for a revo r3610. Just for my dad's office work. Thanks

This looks interesting i was going to go for a gigabyte brix j1900 but is this better for htpc ?

Thanks - just ordered

my aliexpressay minipc was more expensiv3 than that. If I didn't have one already I would buy this one!

Nice find, ordered!

This is a great deal. Must resist..... :smiley:

Holy smokes this is a good deal!