[amelius]

Which is kind of silly because a cheap chinese phone of $100 can play media without problems, and it includes a screen.

[esskay]

The Pi's a bit limited due to its pretty terrible I/O performance, finicky power system and the insistance on sticking with old broadcom chips.

The broadcom thing made sense to begin with, they got a great deal on the pricing. But with the likes of the Rock Pro being pretty much on a price parallel now (and higher performing) it no longer makes sense.