[ILUG] re: Media player hardware recommendation (Ronan Mullally)

[keith hyland]

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> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:04:29 +0100 (IST)
> >From: Ronan Mullally <ronan at iol.ie>
> Subject: [ILUG] Media player hardware recommendation
> To: ilug at linux.ie
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> I'm looking for recommendations on media player hardware.  Small
> footprint, low power (built in PSU would be great), very quiet (ie no fan)
> HD output and 5.1 audio (ideally via HDMI or fibre TOSlink) are the main
> requirements.  I don't need wifi, 100baseTX would be enough.
>
> I'm not particularly worried about DVDs, more streaming media from a file
> server, though DTV would be a plus.  IR support would be nice too (perhaps
> re-using my old Xbox remote).  I'm probably going to run XBMC, most likely
> on Ubuntu.
>
> The Fit PC (http://www.fit-pc.com) is the kind of thing I'm thinking of
> (but uses a clunky 3.5mm -> RCA cable for audio).  Are there any
> alternatives out there that have built in DTV or other funky media
> functionality?
>
>
> -Ronan
>
>
another way of looking at this is skip the intermediate step and get a tv
that knows about networks?

I've been looking at the DNLA (http://www.dlna.org/home) enabled TV's and on
paper, seem to do everything i need. plus i get a remote thrown in!

probably comes as no surprise that some implementations work better than
others.

keith