[mythtv-users] The new Acer Aspire X1200 - $459, looks great, could be a combined FE/BE

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Wed Jul 9 12:09:26 UTC 2008


On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Josh White <jaw1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
> A nice looking case, one that looks like a piece of home theater equipment,
> rather than a PC in the living room has value to some people.  To others, it
> has little value.
>
> No one is going to convince me that having a home theater component that
> looks like a home theater component is a bad idea.  For some people, it's
> worth spending a few more dollars on looks, and for others, they'll happily
> leave surround sound cables duct-taped to their carpet, and they'd rather
> not spend an extra cent on a nice looking case (that also happens to perform
> quite well).
>

Besides the argument that I made being about the case being the most
expensive part in the frontend if the price of the whole system goes
over $600 my SO would insist that I get a Tivo instead.

John


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