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Undertoad · 09-13-2010, 07:23 AM

I don't know that the PC will replace the DVR very well. The only DVR software I know of is MythTV which is a Linux thing. HP doesn't say whether these boxes have video inputs, they don't say whether they have surround sound out, they don't say whether they have HDMI out.

Shrug, I dunno. It looks like a good product. But any computer can act like a server; I use an old PC with Linux on it as our "public" drive. Most computers can browse on the big screen.

You might take a look at the Roku-HD as well, that might be more what you want, especially if that receiver has HDMI inputs.

09-13-2010, 07:23 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I don't know that the PC will replace the DVR very well. The only DVR software I know of is MythTV which is a Linux thing. HP doesn't say whether these boxes have video inputs, they don't say whether they have surround sound out, they don't say whether they have HDMI out. Shrug, I dunno. It looks like a good product. But any computer can act like a server; I use an old PC with Linux on it as our "public" drive. Most computers can browse on the big screen. You might take a look at the Roku-HD as well, that might be more what you want, especially if that receiver has HDMI inputs.