[mythtv-users] Advice on media players

[John Drescher]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Thursday 03 December 2009 04:38:43 pm Michael Tiller wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>> > On Thursday 03 December 2009 04:09:24 pm Michael Tiller wrote:
>> > > Just to clarify.  When I talked about control, I was talking about
>> > > playback control (e.g. Play, Pause, Stop), not controlling an external
>> > > IR device (e.g. STB).
>> >
>> > OK, but both functions are required if using it as a B/E (slave or
>> > otherwise)
>> > and F/E.
>>
>> I understand.  I have no plan to use this as a backend.
>>
>> > So should I assume from comments that their is no IR sensor on these
>> > Revos?
>> >
>> > Correct, but a USB IR receiver could be used.
>>
>> I was hoping for something that was built-in and that MythBuntu would
>> recognize out of the box.  At $199 it is already a bit pricey (when
>>  compared to a WD HD-TV Live) and adding a USB IR device is only going
> to
>>  make it worse.
>
> Some Revos may show up on Fleabay as people discover that they are
> pretty limited as XP machines, this might make some available  for less than
> $199.
>
Hmm. There is a linux version.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ACER-Aspire-R3600-REVO-N230-320G-LINUX-Mini-Desktop-mr_W0QQitemZ310186311019QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_comp_dekstop?hash=item48388b7d6b

John