media centre build

[Christopher Lees]

On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 20:40 +0100, Hugh Do Nascimento wrote:

> From: Hugo Do Nascimento <hadnas at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: media centre build
> To: bryn mitchell <bryn at mitchells.id.au>
> Cc: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
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> I also was thinking about building a media center with linux or buying a mac
> mini. At the end, a friend showed me a WDTV.
> It costs about U$100, runs linux inside and does not demand much energy. I
> bought one and I am using it with an external USB HD.

There are many similar devices. I have an Astone device; it has a couple
of USB ports, plus an Ethernet port for streaming media from your
computer (through Samba) and even the ability to accept an Astone wifi
dongle in case you don't have a free Ethernet port. Oh; and you can use
it as a NAS as well.

Good device, and you can often find one for $130 Australian. Oh, and if
you like hacking your devices, you won't be disappointed as there are
many homegrown mods and new firmware for it.