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Re: best HD media player to replace xbmc



John,

That's good news!  You might be interested the new dashboard that is coming
out soon (Xbox Live was turned off all day yesterday whist they upgraded
their servers) link here:
www.xbox.com/en-US/live/nxe

For the money the 360 is an amazing gadget.

See you on Gears of War ;o) !!!

Regards

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: John Risby
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: 30 September 2008 11:40
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] best HD media player to replace xbmc


Hi Simon,

I bought a 360 premium at the weekend and re-tasked a machine to VMC. I'm
still working on the setup but so far so good. I'm using the TV Pack 2008
download with a nota-t 500 dual freeview card and a nova-s2 satellite card
(with an ex-sky dish). All working great so far.

Even got HD channels working (BBC and Luxe so far, not had chance to setup
ITV HD yet) - only snag is apparently they are not viewable via the 360
extender at the moment and my plan is to run the VMC machine headless.
Hopefully that will be fixed soon.

Oh, and I'll get around to trying it as a media player soon ;)

Thanks for the advice.

John

2008/9/21 Simon Coates <simon@xxxxxxx>

> John
>
> Have you considered an Xbox 360 with XP MCE or Vista streaming the
content?
> 360's price was reduced on Friday. Also, there will be a dashboard
update
> in autumn that will improve the interface for video, music TV etc...
It's
> not just a games console!
>
> Regards
>
> Simon
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Risby
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Sent: 21 September 2008 23:28
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] best HD media player to replace xbmc
>
>
> Thanks Phil
>
> Does anyone else have any experience of a HD media player?
>
> Or does anyone know of a UK source for the Popcorn Hour (the A-100 is
fine
> if anyone here is selling and moving up to the A-110?) or is it a case
of
> just ordering from the states and waiting?
>
> Thanks
> John
>
> 2008/9/21 Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx>
>
> > Now Plex on an Apple TV - that would be nice! :-D
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > > Of Mal Lansell
> > > Sent: 21 September 2008 10:33
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] best HD media player to replace xbmc
> > >
> > > Turns out I was thinking of the AppleTV, rather than Mac
Mini. :-(
> > >
> > > Phil Harris wrote:
> > >
> > > > Nope.
> > > >
> > > > Do a Google for "Mac Mini 1080p"...
> > > >
> > > > Phil
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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