On 24/03/2005, at 6:43 PM, Daniel THOMPSON wrote: > Given the X-Box is basically a PC with a digitally restricted BIOS and > has four USB sockets at the front then the cheapest HTPC (and in an > only marginally ugly case) is an X-Box with a budget USB DVB-T > adapter. For real hack value it might even be possible to cram the > DVB-T main board inside the X-Box! > > Using X-Box Linux you can run VDR directly on the X-Box *without* a > second PC. > I'd considered that but it wouldn't be practical. DVB-T USB adapters really need USB 2.0 not 1.1 and I also have 2 DVB-T PCI adapters and plan on getting a 3rd (for the occasions where 2 channels are being recorded and I want to watch/record a 3rd. Rare but it does happen when the networks decide to compete for a timeslot) Apart from that it would prevent me from running XBMC on the XBox and that would vastly reduce it's usefulness as a multimedia frontend. Regards, Michal
