Re: [Nolug] Media box

On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 01:06:46PM -0500, Jeremy Sliwinski (mailing list account) wrote:
> Mischa D. Krilov wrote:
> >Hi, gang.
> >
> >In the best of all possible worlds, I want to archive all of my
> >existing DVDs to a box with a fat hard drive and watch any of them on
> >a TV at whim - including DVD menus and extra content - using only a
> >remote control. At this point in time, I'm less interested in
> >capturing a TV signal, but I suspect I'll tie into Hulu or Netflix
> >somehow.
> >
> >Anyone have any experience with MythTV, Freevo, Geexbox, or know of
> >any alternatives that I should consider? I'm not adverse to buying
> >hardware, or reimaging an old Xbox or choosing wildly different
> >software than what I've mentioned.
> >
> >Mischa
>
> Here's an example of a product that is available that does exactly what
> you are wanting.
>
> http://www.kaleidescape.com/products/
>
> They are quite expensive, but the datasheets can give you an idea of
> what kind of hardware you'll need.

I'd love to do something like this. At one point I was under the
impression that this could be done with a lower end pc from Dell in
combination with some sort of media/entertainment version of Winblows
- doesn't media center do this and doens't Dell sell a bundle for this
  purpose?

Brett

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