Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Anybody set theirs up as a media center? Found an old school xbox in the loft today, can i plug in an external hd and it will play .avi files? Even better, if I use a 360 and plug it in, can i play blu ray avis?
Still trying to sort out all my media after months ago posting up about it  
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Sam
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Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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I'm considering whether to do this or build a nice little HTPC to sit in the corner, so I shall be watching this thread with interest.
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Doug
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Registered: 8th Oct 03
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I use my XBMC every day. Brilliant bit of kit.
Wish they bundled the OS into a proper media streamer box for around the £100 mark. Would be a top seller!
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baz2003uk
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Registered: 6th Sep 03
Location: Wiltshire
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get a acer revo 3610 or 3700 runs sweet on my setup xbmc is mint love the night skin at the moment
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noshua
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Registered: 19th Nov 08
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As above, the old XBOX (http://dvice.com/pics/xbox1.JPG) isn't powerful enough to play anything apart from SD stuff (i.e. TV-XviD AVI's).
The ports need an adapter to accept a USB stick or drive, which is limited to a certain size or format IIRC.
It's also slow as fuck once you start using a different setup.
Get a Revo or any other half-decent ION system and install XBMC on it.
EDIT: I used to have one btw, they're loud as fuck as well.
[Edited on 18-04-2011 by noshua]
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