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Re: Cheap Media Player for my Mum!



I feel very stupid now. I have an xbox sat in front of my that I have
not used for 18 months!

Ben


On 6 Dec 2008, at  19:34, Vargster wrote:

> XBMC on an old Xbox1, wiith a 120GB harddrive...
>
> Doesn't get much cheaper or user friendlier... :)
> Built in wired networking, just bring your laptop over with new
> progs, FTP
> in and copy the new stuff over..
>
> Lee
>
> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Ben McCormack <
> yahoogroup@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > OK - Rather than looking for something all singing and dancing I
am
> > looking for cheap and simple this time.
> >
> > I have got loads of TV progs etc sat on my server in the usual
> > formats, avi etc
> >
> > Now I would like to be able to let my mother watch some of these
at
> > home. So I am looking for an all in one media player (Player and
HD
> > together) that will connect to her old TV via SCART and let her
> watch
> > the programs etc.
> >
> > Something like 100Gb would be cool as I will copy a load of files
to
> > the box and then give it to her. Update it every couple of weeks/
> months.
> >
> > So are there any recommendations?
> >
> > Ben
> >
> >
> >
>
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>
>
>



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