[CoLoCo] Ultimate set top box?

[Chomafin]

Check out xbmc. It is the best out in my opinion. Boxee is another, its
forked from xbmc, and they make their own hardware. My boxee box will be
here next week... so excited. Xbmc is open, and they have a live xbmc/ubuntu
iso avil even.
On Jan 1, 2011 11:58 AM, "Jim Hutchinson" <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:
> I've been waiting for years for the perfect set top box and it seems like
it
> should be out there somewhere. I've used the Roku player and an older
> version apple TV. All I want is a little box that streams Netflix but also
> plays my large library of music and movie files from an external (or large
> internal) HD. I don't care about surfing the web (like Google TV) watching
> Hulu, etc. I thought maybe the new Roku player might work but it won't
play
> FLAC files or ALAC and probably won't play certain video codex either but
> haven't explored that. I've thought about the Boxee box but it's pricey
and
> no Netflix. Western Digital makes a few devices but as far as I know they
> don't do Netflix either.
>
> Is there something out there I'm overlooking? Running on Linux would be
> preferable, but really just something that works. The new Apple TV is no
> good as it requires iTunes running on a computer somewhere (so not really
> all that energy efficient) and I find streaming to be less than perfect.
>
> Has anyone tried the new Roku XDS? Thoughts? And what's with the clothing
> tag?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Jim (Ubuntu geek extraordinaire)
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