Re: best HD media player to replace xbmc

[Wayne <Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In a bit of an answer to my own question,

Found one of these
http://www.elgato.com/elgato/int/mainmenu/products/tuner/250plus/product1.en.html
after following a link from the Hauppauge web site
(http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/site/products/data_hvr900mac.html)
as it
would appear that Hauppauge uses the software from Elgato

Mmmmm - things are getting interesting... Have been trying to see if
Plex supports this kind of stuff but the site has been off line due to a
HD failure (apparently!) so waiting for that to come back.

Wayne.


Wayne wrote:
> What's your overall impression of the Mac Mini's now? I guess you have
> Plex on it or have you gone native ?
>
> And what are you using for the HD content? (or have you got a blu-ray
> player for it?)
>
> We've been bitten with the Mac bug at the office and I've been toying
> with getting one for the house but I'm holding out for (hopefully) one
> with a Blu-Ray player in it.
> Oh and if I can find a 'digi box' type thing I could plug into it I
> could do away with that too!
>
> Cheers.
> Wayne.
>
>
> Phil Harris wrote:
>
>> I was looking at the TVIX units ...
>>
>> ...ended up buying a Mac Mini though.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
>>> Of John Risby
>>> Sent: 20 September 2008 19:55
>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [ukha_d] best HD media player to replace xbmc
>>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> I'd like to replace my xbox/xbmc setup with a more modern HD
compatible
>>> media player.
>>>
>>> I've been looking at Popcorn Hour which seems quite good (I
hovered
>>> over
>>> "Buy" on the recent iBood offer but didn't go for
it)
>>>
>>> Is there anything better that's available now?
>>>
>>> If not, where's the best place to buy a Popcorn Hour from?
>>>
>>> I'm also keen on a HD satellite receiver and one option that
might
>>> cover
>>> both bases is a Dreambox DM800HD which has network
capabilities but I'm
>>> not
>>> sure how good it is as a media player. Has anyone here got
one?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> John
>>>
>>>
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