I am not sure what 'throwaway STB' means - something to do with phones? How many watts does your SPARC consume? I think the rpi makes a better stab at being a g

I am not sure what 'throwaway STB' means - something to do with phones? How many watts does your SPARC consume? I think the rpi makes a better stab at being a general purpose computer than an android tablet, and I think that the wayland port should improve it further. However I agree it's no replacement for a power hungry intel box. Post the instructions here, I will test on mine to see whether it's a general problem or just your box - there have been faulty ones shipped, but it's a tiny percentage of the total. Having threads deleted seems to be a common theme on popular forums, it doesn't usually signal a cover up - the moderators can take exception to your tone and then you have no recourse. When my rpi posts it seems to look for a hdmi cable, if none is present it outputs to the yellow composite - how does yours differ? I can't understand if you mean brownouts in terms of power or in terms of connectivity - what was dropping out? I can't say I have any experience with embedded systems but typically when people say that they aren't referring to computers that the rpi is comparable to - e.g. hdmi out, usb, ethernet. What were you doing with the embedded systems that you couldn't do with a pi?