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Originally Posted by Rekna
Why buy the overpriced appleTV when you could build a much better box with windows 7 media center or xbmc or boxee?
I used mythtv for years and have now moved to W7MC and it has been wonderful. I can record 5 programs at a time (2 in HD), stream to my xbox, laptop, or other extenders, stream over the internet while traveling, and they now have the centon card which can record 4 encrypted HD channels at a time using a cable card.
Oh yeah did I mention I can also stream netflix and hulu? Or that I can rip DVD's with ease from netflix and watch them at my leisure on my 3TB's of storage?
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AppleTv is $229 and the Windows7 license alone is around $100 that doesn't leave big budget for hardware and even going the Linux route leaving $200 for hardware isn't enough. Just a case and PSU is close to that, so I don't see how it possible to build something for less than the overpriced AppleTv (Apple = overpriced).
Thank you all though for your input. Since I posted the original question the AppleTV idea has lost some of it's appeal. Solutions like D-Link's hardware for BoxEE sounds good but it will not be available untill late spring or early summer. Which ever route I decide to take there will always be something better on the horizon.
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Originally Posted by telekinetic
...That said, I actually have one of these devices (Briteview cinematube) and still use the Apple TV for the better Boxee interface.
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What are the cons with Briteview cinematube and do you know if it is the same device as ViewSonic VMP70 ?
Yours
ZB