Re: [Nolug] Media box

I have an Xbox w/ wbmc (no mod chip though) - my problem with it is that it
was too loud and not 1080i. I'm curious about the PS3 but don't really trust
Sony to be flexible with media formats.
-Dane

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Chris Jones <techmaster@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah well the xbox is half the price and it has decent games too. ;)
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> ------------------------------
> *From*: Bart Pittari
> *Date*: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:26:21 -0500
> *To*: <nolug@nolug.org>
> *Subject*: Re: [Nolug] Media box
>
> Wouldn't a PS3 do close to what you're looking to accomplish? It's got
> Blu-Ray, an on-board hard drive, wireless, can have Linux installed and USB
> ports and also has capability (from what a friend told me) to be a music and
> media server.
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Chris Jones <techmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I do this at home. I started with my windows box, then built a linux file
>> server running samba. Now, I've got 2.3tb in my mac pro and probably
>> another tb in a vista box, and I share all hdd's at the root level. I then
>> have an original xbox with a mod chip, running xbmc. With it, I can browse
>> into any smb share. I'll have a directory like DVDs, open it up, and it's
>> full of iso's. Xbmc will open the iso and mount it virtually over then lan,
>> as if I had put the dvd in the drive. What's even more amazing, is if you
>> have an iso that is rar'd up, xbmc will open the rar and the iso within it,
>> and stream that as well. You can also do the same thing with mp3s,
>> pictures, etc... It works perfect and the xbox has component video and
>> optical audio out.
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Mischa D. Krilov" <rossum@gmail.com>
>>
>> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:48:34
>> To: <nolug@nolug.org>
>> Subject: [Nolug] Media box
>>
>>
>> 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
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