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Originally Posted by telekinetic
I have an AppleTV running boxee that I really like. The only downside is that it will only play apple-formatted 720p content unless you add the Broadcom Crystal HD card--then it will play most formats up to 1080p.
However, if I were on the market now, I would not buy another one. There are better options with dedicated hardware decoders built in to do 1080p decoding instead of general purpose processors for less money--the Roku Box, among others. That said, I actually have one of these devices (Briteview cinematube) and still use the Apple TV for the better Boxee interface.
If I were you, I would wait for the release of the Boxee hardware product and buy that instead.
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I have to question your logic if you call a very capable media streaming box available for $150 overpriced, and instead suggest he spend 3-4x that.
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I was stating that you can make the machine as powerful as you want. I can build a better device than appleTV that is capable of doing much more for the same price.
The homegrown devices can be built from old hardware that many of us have sitting around or can pick up at various swap meets.