[plug] entertainment centre

[James L. Clarke]

I'm not trying to start a flame war, but have you considered trying a Mac?

I see that Digilife is selling home theatre solutions which revolve around a Mac
Mini. Mac minis see to be purposely build for this and they are quite cheap.

Just my two cents!

James 

Quoting Alex Polglaze <apolglaze at book-keepingnetwork.com.au>:

> G'day All,
> 
> I am interested in setting up a new computer to become an entertainment 
> centre, record TV, hold all my cd's and behave as a juke box when 
> required etc., etc..
> 
> When I spoke to my computer supplier today, he suggested that I wait 
> until next year to get the new Windows Vista his reply is below.
> 
> > You'd be best to purchase a PC with Windows Media Centre on, or wait
> > till early next year when PC's with Vista home Premium will be available
> > ( new version of windows )
> > The media centre functionality is the bit that is designed for
> > entertainment
> I don't really want to go the Windows route, so I was wondering just how 
> advanced Linux based equivalents are and what are the pitfalls using 
> this method. I know BillK has a pretty impressive set-up as far as TV 
> goes from reading his posts.
> 
> Anybody else doing/done this sort of thing?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> Alex
> 
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