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03.05.2012, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Thirdgen89GTA View Post
Checkout a Boxee box.

http://www.boxee.tv/buy

I run the Boxee app as my HTPC app. Except instead of having the actual box, i run the app on a Mac Mini hooked up to the TV via HDMI and TOSlink. Boxee is great, there isn't really anything I've found that it can't play. It'll play a DVD5 ISO directly, MKV, AVI, MOV, MPG...on and on. It also has apps built in for Pandora, Spotify, Hulu, Vudu, Netflix....again on and on.

With the addition of a supported Tuner card it can also play TV over the air as well.

This same MacMini also runs 360connect to share my iTunes playlists (not just the music, but the smart playlists as well) to the Xbox 360. And I can use the Remote app on my iPhone to remotely control iTunes so I don't even have to turn on the TV or sit in front of it to control it. I can control my iTunes from anywhere in the house.
Great point, I do basically the same thing but use the program Boxee is built from, XBMC. It provides me more flexibility and a crisper UI and integration.

I have a 7" touchscreen HTPC cases for the media PCs running an i3 and fanless NVidia card, everything is networked and wired to an 18TB storage array in the basement.
   
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