MediaCentral vs FrontRow

[Kevin Callahan]

On Mar 23, 2007, at 7:43 PM, Scott Anguish wrote:

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> On Mar 23, 2007, at 9:41 PM, Chad Leigh wrote:
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>> On Mar 23, 2007, at 4:51 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
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>>> Any users of Media Central out there?
>>>
>>> <http://www.equinux.com/us/products/mediacentral/index.html>
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>> Media Central works with my DVDs I put on disk (VIDEO_TS)  
>> folders.  I only have the demo but I put an alias to my network  
>> mount and they all showed up!
>>
>> That is all I want.
>
> 	this looks quite interesting actually.
>
> 	but it'd require a mini or macbook to actually do the 'Apple TV'  
> role, right?

Called the local Apple Store today to see if they had AppleTVs in  
stock.  Yes.
Then talked it through with my BIL who was debating as well.
We decided we'd each wait for updated minis - hope they have HDMI ...  
and better, support two displays.

But yeah - I decided it didn't make sense getting the AppleTV as I  
need a mini for a media center anyway --
and with a mini, I can display desktop, videos off the web ... play  
DVDs  etc

I think the AppleTV is a great device, but I'm fine with paying 3x as  
much for a decked out mini and making it a much more powerful media  
center.

Will the next mini be a computer + AppleTV (in terms of ports) ?  or  
is that wishful thinking ?


K