HTPC For Lunch

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If you’re hungry for a portable HTPC (Home Theatre PC) solution, maybe packing everything into a stylish mini lunch box is the way to go. [tomhung] wanted a quick and easy way to drag his media around while he’s away from home, but in an intentionally portable, self-contained enclosure, and the Star Wars lunch box provided plenty of space for the necessary guts.

Inside, he’s stacked the RasPi and a USB hub on top of one another. Each is mounted to its own platform made out of plastic DVD covers, and kept separate by standoffs carved from what appear to be the casings of inexpensive plastic pens. The stack also includes a 250GB 2.5″ HD, which [tomhung] simply attached with velcro for easy removal. The cables underwent minor surgery to keep the rat’s nest under control, and although the interior may still cause cable management enthusiasts to cringe, the exterior of the box cleans up well for its evening out. [tomhung] fit a simple 6-port keystone wall plate to the face of the lunch box to provide simple connections for all the important plugs.

14 thoughts on “HTPC For Lunch

      1. Take the board out of the android tv box, mount it in the lunch box instead of using a Raspi, you get USB, HDMI, Wireless, an android system, xbmc, etc, and the rest is just like he did, and since tv boxes use wall warts he powers it just like he does above so it’s just as portable.

          1. You know if he wanted to use an android TV Dongle and a Flash drive he could fit the equivalent into an altoids tin, and he could run it off USB power as well, but it would be HDMI only.

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