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[ILUG] of mp3's and living rooms..

[ILUG] of mp3's and living rooms..

paul at clubi.ie paul at clubi.ie
Fri Aug 10 13:36:54 IST 2007


On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Glen Gray wrote:

> x86, just bumped up to Core2 Duo's too. I'm very tempted.

>> On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Andres Jimenez wrote:
>> 
>>> Sure. Every iMac, MacMini, MacBook or MacBook Pro has IR & remote, 
>>> including an application called "Front Row" to watch/listen DVDs, 
>>> pictures, music and videos. Actually, Front Row is just an interface to 
>>> iPhoto, Quicktime, iTunes.

Hmm.. Not a bad price given the spec.

1.8GHz Core2, 1GB RAM, IR remote, DVD, good I/O, for £400.

Could make a nice little MythTV box alright.. (from research, it 
seems MythTV should handle the user-friendly part for DVD/MP3/video 
playing (seems), and it does DVB-T too, apparently).

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