Mac Mini HTPC
Finally got a new projector and got a Mac Mini to go along with it(as well as some work stuff, makes for a good portable unix box for debugging).
Let me just say this, although MythTV is great, it’s bulky, unpredictable(my hard drive filled because I hadn’t set it up to record anything yet, just installed, hooked it up, and watched some live tv. Yes, I exited the live tv afterwards). Front Row is awesome, and while it doesn’t play the part of a DVR, iTunes is now selling most of the TV shows I watch. I’ve cancelled my cable TV (and cable internet, but that’s another story, since Time Warner had me down for a week and you couldn’t call them because the line was busy).
But it’s really freakin’ awesome. It mounts the windows share from my main PC and I got a 320gb external USB HD for $129 at Best Buy for the Mac Mini, so lots of space. Video Podcasts and purchasing TV Show Seasons are really the way to go if you don’t watch a lot. I’m now considering netflix, but only considering. I still need the headphone jack to optical out connector for my stereo system but after what it works well. Picked up a cheap wireless keyboard&mouse for it too.
I’m very excited but I do wish it had extensions or modules like MythTV does, to read the news or display RSS feeds or somesuch. Ah well, such is life. Setup was easy as hell and it works just great.
Comments
Comment from Karl Herrick
Time: January 28, 2007, 2:02 pm
You can get mythfrontend for os x… so you can hook up to that little mac mini to the backend. No noisy pc in the living room!
Comment from adrock
Time: March 29, 2007, 4:32 pm
so why did u give up on the mythbox? noisy and cause it filled your hard drive cause you didn’t set it to record? i’m curious cause i would like to build my first media box. thanks
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