[olug] HTPC box

T. J. Brumfield enderandrew at gmail.com
Mon Feb 14 03:49:35 UTC 2011


Has anyone looked into building a HTPC box recently?

I'm debating the merits of building a cheap, Linux based HTPC box myself
versus getting a $180 Logitech Revue Google TV box, a $100 Roku box, or a
$200 Boxee box.

My initial instinct is to build a box so I can do whatever I want with it,
install other apps, emulators, a full browser, etc. It's just that some of
the existing dedicated boxes out there are so cheap, it is hard to justify
dropping $500 to build my own.

-- T. J. Brumfield
"I'm questioning my education
Rewind and what does it show?
Could be, the truth it becomes you
I'm a seed, wondering why it grows"
-- Pearl Jam, Education



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