[olug] HTPC box

[Marc Mapes]

I just have a Single Core AMD 3200+ I believe
2gb ram
Nvidia 7900GT 256mb
Avermedia M780 Tuner for the DVR end.

And I still use XBMC on all of my xboxes (all 5 of them...lol)

Marc

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:52 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>wrote:

> I ran XBMC on my original XBox. I was a fan of it. Apparently Boxee is a
> fork of XBMC.
>
> What kind of hardware do you use?
>
> Do you have a tuner for DVR-like functionality as well?
>
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Marc Mapes <marcmdm2005 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > To be honest I just use XBMC for my HTPC
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Carl Lundstedt
> > <clundst at unlserve.unl.edu>wrote:
> >
> > > I was  all exited when I read the subject.  To me "THPC" means High
> > > Throughput Put Computing, ie.  cluster nodes.
> > >
> > > Sadness.
> > >
> > > Sorry, can't help with what sounds like a media machine.
> > >
> > > Carl
> > >
> > >> 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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