There are many uses for the Raspberry. I use it as a media center and have installed on an old SD card OpenELEC (Kodi / XBMC) in order to look from my NAS music, movies and photos. Stuck, switch on and go immediately SD card into the Raspberry. It is controlled by the TV remote control via HDMI CEC (Must be supported by TV). I have no problems with the heat generation and also Full HD movies are played back without stuttering. This set is everything (except the SD card) contains what is needed for commissioning and is thoroughly recommended.