Would the Ouya be a capable computer?

[yoda313]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console

Ok I know its not a true processor as I understand it but it will be a quad core processor.

If the games were halfway decent would this be worth considering if it would double as an extra computer?

Could you do thinks like video encoding and stuff on it with whatever version of android it ships with? What about hooking up dvd burners to it?

Or is this too much of a pipe dream that they want to put together?

I'm not really in the market for another game console but if it could double as a passable extra computer I might be mildly interested in it.

What do you think?

[TreeTops]

Doesn't look like you can do video editing. Only one port, HDMI out. Not enough memory to do serious work (only 1gig). Looks like a toy to do games on TV.

But it can be hacked according to their words.

And as of today it is vapor ware.

[yoda313]

Doesn't look like you can do video editing. Only one port, HDMI out. Not enough memory to do serious work (only 1gig). Looks like a toy to do games on TV.

Well I do agree its woefully underpowered as far as a "full" computer. But being a game console it seems to be capable of something.

But it can be hacked according to their words.

Thats the interesting thing. A warranty that ALLOWS hacking. That would be nice if regular companies adopted that policy

And as of today it is vapor ware.

True but this kickstarter phenomenon seems to be putting out real stuff. Who knows it might happen.