<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Eric Sharkey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eric@lisaneric.org">eric@lisaneric.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 6:30 PM, <a href="mailto:john.baab@gmail.com">john.baab@gmail.com</a><br>
<div class="im"><<a href="mailto:john.baab@gmail.com">john.baab@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">>> Keep in mind that Myth appears to add higher costs for the front-end<br>
>> hardware. I can get Media Center Extenders for about $100 each. Can I<br>
>> build a Myth front-end for $100 that will play HD content?<br>
><br>
> More reasonably low $200 range for a some flavor of an Ion box. Also<br>
> worth noting this is an actual PC so you will have much more control<br>
> and expandability over any extender.<br>
><br>
> It was my understanding that the xbox 360 was the only MCE extender<br>
> still made, they aren't $100.<br>
<br>
</div>I think he's talking about something like this:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-Media-Center-Extender-DVD/dp/B000XQONSG" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Linksys-Media-Center-Extender-DVD/dp/B000XQONSG</a><br></blockquote><div><br>And the first review I see there just reinforces the open argument in the open|closed debate we have been having<br>
<br>" (3) if the video, music, or picture is not supported by windows media
connect *** AND HAS THE CORRECT BITRATE*** it is not going to play; (4)
even if your media center pc can playback a file doesn't necessarily
mean the extender will play it back, all the processing of the file is
done on the extender and the only codecs that get supported are those
listed in windows media connect.
"<br> </div><br></div>