[mythtv-users] HP Debuts Media Extender

[jedi at mishnet.org]

> On Jan 4, 2008, at 8:22 AM, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
>
>> Kevin Kuphal [kuphal at dls.net] wrote:
>>> I know quite a few people are looking at UPnP/DLNA boxes for Myth
>>> frontends.  This announcement from HP looks pretty nice in that arena
>>
>> You are still limited to whatever GUI the UPnP/DLNA box provides, and
>> cannot do the things like commercial skipping, time-stretch, etc that
>> you can do with a "real" frontent.  Right?
>
> Unless you can repurpose the hardware and put linux/myth on it. :)

    If this ends up being a "more hackable AppleTV" or just a
cheap low profile PC those would both be cool options.

[deletia]

    Although I wonder at which point it doesn't make more sense
to get one of the older low(ish) profile systems from HP.