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Modded XBox The Ultimate Multimedia PC?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-sure-think-so dept.

Anonymous writes "Can a modded Xbox running homebrew software really beat all existing designed-for-the-living-room multimedia devices hands down?! Tom's Hardware Guide seems to think so. They reviewed Xbox Media Center (XBMC) and say the free open source software turn an Xbox into The Ultimate Multimedia Center, the ideal home playback system for audio and video. (Apparently there is a PC software version available too: Media Portal)" The article also explains some of the more convoluted issues surrounding XBMC. But I definitely agree that this is a great system.

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  1. Tom may want to lay off the crack. by Power+Everywhere · · Score: -1, Troll

    A 700 MHz Celeron on a 8 GB/4500 RPM drive is hardly the "ultimate" multimedia PC. Maybe for 1994 it would have been, but even when it debuted it was at the lower end of what was conisdered a decent box. Nowadays it's woefully inadequate.

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  2. Re:Another Rip Off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That's why open source is better. Professional software shops have to pay designers; open source developers merely steal from there.

    Name one open source interface that isn't (1) blatantly stolen from Windows or Mac or (2) a relic that looks like it was made in 1985.