On 27 November 2012 18:13, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Paul Hill <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > Speaking of which - I'm thinking of building a small media center PC. > Any > > recommendations? > > Start a new thread? <g> >
Thanks ;-) > I run XBMC on an AppleTV2. Machine costs $99. Software free as in beer and > speech. HDMI out 720p video adequate for my little TV. Runs around 9 watts > running, much less idle. Plug-ins to play nearly every format known to man. > 802.11n wireless to home network, where it can access stored video and > audio libraries. Hulu, YouTube, etc. Machine can also do Netflix and > iTunes, of course. > I already have a WDTV Live that does most of this (HDMI, WIFI, streaming media). Plays pretty much everything. As a bonus, it does not support iTunes ;-) I'd like something with a bit more oomph. For example, running MAME and UAE (Amiga) emulators. It would also be nice to use as a small SQL Server too! I'm looking at a bare bones Shuttle PC. These come without cpu, ram etc. -- Paul --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CADwx0+KRftpfZzMxM_S7Gy-DdKFmbNo=ypofw2-ikioyrny...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
