Have a query regarding Raspberry Pi

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So I'm looking to buy a raspberry pi, or a banana pi. And the thing is, i don't know if I should buy one. I don't really need it, but I wanna check out what all the fuss is about. So what are the actual uses of those devices? Would they be useful in day to day life? Any help regarding this would be appreciated.

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Don't buy it since you don't know if you need one, all these pi's and mini pc's are aimed at teaching basic computer science. It's a must have If you are a DIY'er or like tinkering with stuff or just want to learn how to program.
As for the uses they have a very active community and people keep coming up with weird projects all the time, just look up Raspberri Pi or Banana Pi projects.
If nothing you can use it as a cheap media centre or a retro gaming machine - http://blog.petrockblock.com/retropie/
If you still wanna see what the deal is wait a bit until this is available locally, hopefully the prices will be low here as well. https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/
 
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psyph3r said:
Don't buy it since you don't know if you need one, all these pi's and mini pc's are aimed at teaching basic computer science. It's a must have If you are a DIY'er or like tinkering with stuff or just want to learn how to program.
As for the uses they have a very active community and people keep coming up with weird projects all the time, just look up Raspberri Pi or Banana Pi projects.
If nothing you can use it as a cheap media centre or a retro gaming machine - http://blog.petrockblock.com/retropie/
If you still wanna see what the deal is wait a bit until this is available locally, hopefully the prices will be low here as well. https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/
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So for every project, you need to purchase another component right?
 
I'm thinking of getting a Raspberry Pi and planning to build a NAS out of it for storing and watching movies on TV. I don't want Pi to decode anything, my TV can handle it and Pi can just act as a storage server. I have few qns reg this and I hope someone here can answer me.

1. Where do you buy Pi in India (To be precise, TN-Chennai)? Any legit seller in India? Or any offline store? How about warranty claims?
2. Has anyone been using Pi for home NAS? Any bottlenecks/issues I should be aware of before building such NAS? Planning to use a SSD/HDD (haven't decided on which) as storage.
3. I can connect my Pi to my modem/router via LAN, but can't promise the same for TV due to it's location. But my TV supports 5Ghz wifi, so can I still play a movie of say 20-30Gb in size without buffering, using this setup?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
 
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