[olug] HTPC box

[Jay Woods]

I'm afraid that I cheat by redefining the problem. Because of copyright 
problems I don't tempt myself by running cable TV through the 
computer but rather directly to the monitor. 

Beyond that I can get older PCs with Monitor for under $100. From there 
I load up VLC and Firefox with DownloadHelper 4.8.2 and call it a day.

On Sunday, February 13, 2011 09:49:35 pm T. J. Brumfield wrote:
> Has anyone looked into building a HTPC box recently?
> 
> I'm debating the merits of building a cheap, Linux based HTPC box
> myself versus getting a $180 Logitech Revue Google TV box, a $100
> Roku box, or a $200 Boxee box.
> 
> My initial instinct is to build a box so I can do whatever I want
> with it, install other apps, emulators, a full browser, etc. It's
> just that some of the existing dedicated boxes out there are so
> cheap, it is hard to justify dropping $500 to build my own.
> 
> -- T. J. Brumfield
> "I'm questioning my education
> Rewind and what does it show?
> Could be, the truth it becomes you
> I'm a seed, wondering why it grows"
> -- Pearl Jam, Education
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