[ILUG] re: Media player hardware recommendation (Ronan Mullally)

[Justin Mason]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 14:43, Ronan Mullally <ronan at iol.ie> wrote:
> I went for a fairly basic TV (plenty of inputs, no network functionality).
> I splashed out on in a Blu-ray/PVR/"Internet" device from Samsung which I
> hoped would replace the aging XMBC setup I've got, only to discover that
> Samsung's idea of Smart was utterly labotomized.
>
> I've come to the conclusion that to get what I want I'm going to have to
> build it myself.  It won't save me any money, but at least I'll have the
> opportunity to learn something along the way.

Agreed, and what you want is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nettop . good luck!

--j.