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Build a BoxeeBox and Wean Yourself From Cable

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-what-about-chuck dept.

Since I've been having serious problems with satellite all week, DeviceGuru's submission was really interesting to me. He says "Inspired by Roku's awesome Netflix video download box and impressed with Boxee's free A/V media center platform, it was merely a matter of time before DeviceGuru blogger Rick Lehrbaum would create the BoxeeBox, an Ubuntu-powered HTPC with Boxee serving as its primary media center UI. Based on a 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo CPU, the BoxeeBox has the look and feel of consumer A/V equipment and packs 2GB RAM, 1TB HDD, CD/DVD drive, USB, Firewire, HDMI, DVI-D, RGB, and 8-channel surround sound audio."

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  1. popcornhour rules by grub · · Score: 5, Interesting


    If you don't want DIY and something non-geek friendly for ~$200 check out the popcornhour network media tanks. Streams from a server or user-installed hard disk. Plays x264, divx, xvid, wmv, etc all at up to 1080p.

    We own two and just love them.

    --
    Trolling is a art,
  2. Re:This Account Has Exceeded Its CPU Quota by modf · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's back up for me, but here is a cached version just in case:

    http://74.125.47.132/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.deviceguru.com%2Fthe-boxeebox-cookbook%2F

  3. Re:This Account Has Exceeded Its CPU Quota by CopaceticOpus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sides good trolls know how to time things JUST right.

    Skipping unnecessary characters such as "b", "e", and "," can make all the difference!