Recent content by fshagan

The WAF ("Wife Acceptance Factor") is the big barrier. I don't think you overcome it with any of the solutions out there right now. I currently have a WDTV Live serving content off a HP Media Smart server, and I like the combination a lot, but the WAF on even that is low (even with a Harmony...

You guys have given me hope, at least. I was thinking of a low power machine with a SSD or "small" notebook drive to boot from, and then have it pulling the media off of a NAS that I can locate upstairs in the office. Getting a system that will do at least DVD quality sounds like its the...

So you have this with your a/v equipment? Is it noisy or throw off a lot of heat? I have a small room, and the a/v rack already generates a bit of heat in the alcove it is in. I've looked at doing a HTPC using either MythBuntu or Media Center (I actually have Media center on my current...

There doesn't seem to be any really good choices, or maybe there's too many, because I can't decide how I want to handle streaming from the Internet to my TV. It looks like the NAS with streamers and other dedicated media streamers provide streaming of content you have stored on your own...