[olug] HTPC box

[Carl Lundstedt]

I was  all exited when I read the subject.  To me "THPC" means High 
Throughput Put Computing, ie.  cluster nodes.

Sadness.

Sorry, can't help with what sounds like a media machine.

Carl
> 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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