[ubuntu-uk] TV connected to ubuntu pc via ethernet

[Jon Reynolds]

I totally concur with Rob... do NOT bother trying to use your XBOX360 as
a media player...it really is not worth the hassle.

I wish they would let the XBOX have a BluRay drive.

then again, BluRay players are coming down in price all the time. Macro
had a deal the other month for a player for 50GBP!

I want a Revo! 

Jon Reynolds

On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 10:22:11AM +0000, Rob Beard wrote:
> On 09/12/2009 09:54, javadayaz wrote:
> > Right now im torn between either the machine that joseph recommended 
> > or an xbox360 to stream movies over from a ubuntu pc!
> 
> I'd go for the Aspire Revo as Joseph (and Alan) suggested.  I have an 
> XBOX 360 Elite and find it is both noisy and the streaming of movies is 
> well how can I put it, not that great.  It'll play WMV video file but 
> anything else has to be transcoded and then you loose the option for 5.1 
> audio.  I now very rarely watch video on the XBOX 360 nowadays, I use a 
> PC instead.
> 
> I certainly couldn't recommend an XBOX 360 for video playback, although 
> it's great for games.
> 
> Rob
> 
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