freedomdowntime: Perhaps, but it worked well in our dorm for what we wanted (emulation, divx, dvds). We were able to save tons of space becuase we didn't need a nes, snes, genesis and psx lying around anymore. Still needed our sega saturn for the 10 player bomberman (best fun you will ever have) but other than that, we were all set.
http://flamethroweros.sourceforge.net/ is a linux distro for multimedia use if anyone wants it. It looks well designed.