Have you considered an XBox? Only the "360 Premium", which I don't know of an open media-center front-end for, has HDMI, though...
Home Theater HowTo: http://www.linuxis.us/linux/media/howto/linux-htpc/video.html MythTV-centric distro's: http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=viewlink&cid=3 Also, HDMI is just DVI + audio, although I'm just figuring this out, so you may be able to get DVI from anything into HDMI. D-Link makes a media player that gets mixed reviews: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882103603 although this thread seems to point out the lack of open-source cooperation on this device: http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-16792.html (and may also steer you to check out SageTV or Prismiq boxes, see http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.prismiq.com and check ebay... http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?&satitle=prismiq&category0= :) These days, I'm betting that you want something to play xvid and divx and even wmv... is this an installation where a linux diy'er is available, so that nifty new software could be updated on a mini-itx system? Or do you need an embedded device, 100% dummy-proof? MythTV seems to bridge the gap nicely: put on an IR remote and, voila -- many nice plugins too! Here is one mini-itx board I found, a Jetway Intel Core2Duo board for $205, which has HDMI: http://www.mini-box.com/Jetway-J9F2-KHDE I found some other references to HDMI output on mini-itx systems, and you could also consider a [riser &] external card depending on the footprint/case you desire. ciao, ben ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Rob Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <euglug@euglug.org> > Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 10:27:39 -0800 > Subject: > OK, so imagine that I've got music and video files sitting on a NAS > accessible via wireless, maybe using SMB, not sure yet. > > Is there a piece of hardware to be had for cheap to pull those files > over the wireless and play them on my entertainment system? Piping > music to my stereo, movies to my stereo and TV. Preferables: HDMI > and/or digital audio output. > > I know there is one solution: A Mac mini. I'm just checking if there > may be something cheaper and more open. > > I looked at Neuros but it's more of a recorder with TV inputs and > doesn't have HDMI output. > > AppleTV is cheaper but doesn't have built-in SMB mounting -- you > either need another computer as the server or hack it up. > > Anything else out there? > > Thanks, > Rob > > >
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