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Media Center Bathroom Extender

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the bathing-soundtracks dept.

henrysunset writes "...Extend your stay in the bathroom with this inexpensive Media Center Bathroom Extender for Windows Media Center Edition PC's. The guide shows you how to control a Media Center PC from another room with a cheap XBox controller w/ built in LCD and a little soldering."

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  1. Re:pins and needles by tomhudson · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Ahhh finally, I can take my entertainment to the toilet
    Why not just bring:
    • A good book
    • The newspaper
    • A crossword puzzle
    • A laptop
  2. Re:I don't need this by turnstyle · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Don't these run XP and include Remote Desktop?

    Because if they do, then I'd think that you could just remote control them, and skip the whole soldering bit.

    (fwiw, I keep an old PC wired to my stereo, and I use Remote Desktop to control it via my wi-fi laptop)

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  3. Alternately, by Trelane · · Score: 2, Interesting

    you could hook up a mythtv frontend on a mini-itx box with a flat-screen so that you can easily watch movies and tv and stuff while you're in the tub. Yay!

    Actually, this is likely how I'm going to wire my home. One beefy central mythtv box with however many frontends scattered throughout the house.

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