RE: Which Media Center ?

["Shaf Ali" <shaf@xxxxxxxx>]

Thankyou all for the information provided.

Got a little side stepped and started looking at the 360 but it hasn't
been hacked so the xbox original is my best bet.

Right I'm out to buy one.

Thanks gents.


> Shaf,
>
> You can find out the model from the serial number..other than that
there
> is no way that I know of.
> If you google for it you should find it .. try xbox-hq. (I'm at work
at
> the moment and they monitor internet access so I can't search atm).
> £40-50 sounds a good buy to me, although the ones I saw in Game
where only
> £60-70 with a warranty.. you pays your money and take your chance
:)
> The XBox controller ports are all infact USB ports, they just have a
> different connector on them. You can buy convertor cables or make your
own
> (google).
> The XBox has a built in network port, so just connect a wireless
bridge/AP
> to it. I had my TiVo linked up to my house network for a short while
via
> my laptop wifi connection. Just plugged the cat5 cable into the lappy
and
> then bridged the wifi and wired network connections. Worked a treat,
but I
> had to leave the lappy turned on all the time of course.
>
> Marcus
>
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> 	From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Shaf Ali
> 	Sent: 18 July 2006 10:23
> 	To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> 	Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Which Media Center ?
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> 	Sweet info Marcus... cheers.
>
> 	ps How do I tell the version no.
>
> 	Seen a couple of xboxs for sale around the 40-50 squid mark sound
> 	reasonable ?
>
> 	Some last q's : does the xbox have usb ? and obviously must have
network
> ?
>
> 	Was thinking of a wifi card for it via usb and compiling up a kernel
to
> 	handle it.
>
> 	Shaf
>
> 	> AFAIK the TV out from the Xbox is second to non and you would
certainly
> 	> end up paying
> 	> more than the price of the Xbox for the graphics card alone !
> 	>
> 	> There are still Xboxes available on eBay and my local Game shop
has
> 	> second hand ones
> 	> with a warranty. If you soft mod it (rather than chip it) then
you
> won't
> 	> loose the warranty :)
> 	>
> 	> I don't think you'll find anything to beat the Xbox for
"value for
> 	> money"
> 	>
> 	> The later models (1.6) seem to have much quieter fans than the
early
> 	> models, I have changed
> 	> the fan in my 1.4 model for a quite PC case fan.
> 	>
> 	> Does anyone know if there is a xAP connector for the XBox ?
> 	>
> 	> Marcus
> 	>
> 	> -----Original Message-----
> 	> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
] On
> 	> Behalf Of Shaf Ali
> 	> Sent: 18 July 2006 09:45
> 	> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> 	> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Which Media Center ?
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> 	> BIG BIG SMILE :)
> 	>
> 	> I was gonna mention this as I know a lot of boys had been doing
> 	> this a
> 	> while back.
> 	>
> 	> I think I will end up going down this route as ultimately it
> 	> does/did have
> 	> the more superior TV out stage.
> 	>
> 	> Is it still the best ? Or is there another bit of hardware out
> 	> there that
> 	> we can hack/flash ?
> 	>
> 	> ps I wonder where I can pick up an old xbox up from in the UK.
> 	>
> 	> > Apart from recording (which I use a backend MythTV box
for),
> 	> you can't
> 	> > beat an XBOX and XMBC for
> 	> > playback :)
> 	> >
> 	> > Marcus
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