[mythtv-users] Where can I buy a xbox to make a frontend?

[Fred Squires]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:04:40 +0000, jonny Linux <jonnylinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd really like to build a linux xbox mythtv frontend. Although I've
> read there are issues with the version 1.6 xbox.
> 
> I'd really like to use the software method described at
> www.xbox-linux.org, because it sounds simpler and more reversible if I
> make a mess of it. Although it sounds like the version 1.6 xbox won't
> support this. I'd really like to buy an xbox, but I don't think I have
> any way of knowing what version of xbox I'm buying unless I actually
> look at the serial number on it and work out the version from there!
> 
> I've read several people on here saying they use an xbox frontend. If
> you use one, which version do you use and where did you get it from?
> (I'm in the UK)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jonny

I just went to EB and picked up a used one.  They let me "inspect" it 
before I bought it.  I noticed the date of manufacture was in 2003 so
I knew it wasn't a 1.6.

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