I am going to get / build a media centre. I could buy a MAC Mini which seems
just about ready to go out of the box or I could go thru the project of a Linux
equivalent.
I want to access the net, rip and play (thru a sound system) music, record and
replay digital TV, play DVD's / Blue Ray, etc thru a Panasonic Viera wide
screen plasma.
This is something I would be happy to spend a couple of weeks on and off to
complete but not a couple of months to get right. It also needs to work right
every time or it will fall flat with the missus and kids.
I have done some reading about Myth TV and it's variants and other applications
such as Boxee and XBMC but my real sticking point is hardware. I got a quote
from a local shop to build a box that would suit Win 7 and I assume that would
also be adequate for a Linux equivalent but the cost was about $2500, about
$1000 more expensive than a MAC Mini solution. For me, the real seller of a
Linux system would be to do it on the cheap but as I said before I don't want
to spend all my time (I am time poor) buying hardware and then buying more
hardware because it doesn't work or endlessly trouble shooting a dodgy set up.
Ideally I think my best scenario would be to buy a used PC and just add
appropriate hardware such as a tuner card, graphics card etc but I don't know
what to buy (or for that matter where to buy). Also fan noise etc is any issue
I believe.
Interested in any opinions,
Regards.
B. Mitchell
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