[opendtv] Re: HOW-TO: Turn your Mac mini into a media center

How about forsaking the min and buying a Media Center PC?  It will, unlike
the mac, play WM 10 files, and with Multiple Bit Rate streams, will not
select the streams with the lowest bit rate.

Also, QT plays just fine on a PC.

John Willkie
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From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Monty Solomon" <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 4:30 PM
Subject: [opendtv] HOW-TO: Turn your Mac mini into a media center


> HOW-TO: Turn your Mac mini into a media center
>
> Posted Jan 25, 2005, 1:24 PM ET by Barb Dybwad
>
> Yep, everyone's talking about using the Mac mini as a home media
> center, and there's a reason why: its diminutive form factor makes
> it a good candidate to fit unobtrusively into an existing audio/video
> or home theater setup. It looks more like a consumer electronics
> device than a computer, so it won't look out of place in your living
> room. We think of it as the central brain of our system; the glue
> that holds all the devices together. It can serve the role of
> scheduler, controller, audio/video recorder, audio/video playback,
> audio/video download, and it even makes a decent audio/video
> production unit, as well. You might not win the next Sundance with
> your iMovie, but you sure can impress everyone at the next family
> reunion.
>
> So for this week's How-To we'll cover the various aspects you'll need
> to think about when planning your Mac mini media center system,
> plus show you how to control your Mac mini headlessly from any
> computer in your house--there's no need to BYODKM; just BYOB, pop in
> a DVD and enjoy your HDTV, OK?
>
> ...
>
> http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000057028826/
>
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