On 11 May 2010 14:18, Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Dan Fish <d...@fishms.org> wrote: > >> I'd certainly vouch for XBMC on a revo. I'm using a 'generic' windows >> MCE remote from Maplin with it. Watching 1080p with no probs and the >> wife and kids are very happy with it. I experienced a few 'quirks' on >> setting it up but there's loads of info on the web - one tip that took >> me ages to find - you need to turn off compiz or you get vertical >> tearing on some videos. > > For what it's worth, I'm running XBMC on an actual Xbox, as in, what > it was originally designed for. :¬) It works beautifully, was quite > easy to set up - it only requires a softmod, it wasn't necessary to > open the case - and the hardware was free. The bits to mod it cost me > about £12 on eBay. > > -- > Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com > Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 > AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven > MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
That's a fair point, I also used to run XBMC on an original xbox. I paid a guy on ebay £25 to mod and install XBMC for me, and the xbox also only cost me £50 from ebay ~4 years ago! I moved to a PC-based solution as I wanted to use it as a general file server for the house as well. The xbox still works just fine - My mum & dad have it set up in their living room now! Steve Garton http://blog.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
