Home Theater PC? Media Server?

[Cubsfan]

Check out Roku -- I'm totally sold on them. They are very open to developers and as a result there are a lot of great "unofficial" channels out there with tons of content (e.g. YourTube). The Roku is basically a little Linux box. It starts at $80 and they often have free shipping deals. It's also dead quiet, and uses very little power. It's also brain-dead simple to set up.

I think Hulu is an issue, though. I believe Hulu pulled the plug on Boxee last year, too, but I'm not entirely sure...

They did, but it's back. Works like a charm.

[Tom Slick]

I will have a ROKU by the end of the week to try out!

[Alex Franke]

I will have a ROKU by the end of the week to try out!

Cool -- check out the posts by "nowhereman" on the Roku forum. He has some great private channels, including the YouTube one. I haven't tried hacking the devide yet, but it's on my list of things to do...

[atgcpaul]

Cool -- check out the posts by "nowhereman" on the Roku forum. He has some great private channels, including the YouTube one. I haven't tried hacking the devide yet, but it's on my list of things to do...

Thanks for the lead. I just got the Roku last week and have been wanting to
get access to Hulu and YouTube.

[Cochese]

This is something that I've wanted to do for awhile, too. I think I'm going to go with a HP Windows Home Server and a nettop, plus convert my old Xbox into XBMC.

I've been really pleased with how well Win 7 handles the Media Center, and there's a few really good user-developed add-ons to make it even better. I use Media Browser, and using my 360 as an Extender has worked pretty dang well so far, even on wireless-G.