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Unread 7 Jun 2007, 06:03   #2
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Re: I have a dream - Media Stuff

If you plan to do it that way then yes the Media Centre Extender is another box that connects to your TV and allows you to play movies etc from the Media Centre PC.

If you happen to also own a XBox 360 it will duelly act as a Media Centre Extender as well.


There are additionally third party options, that only require that 1 or more PCs have a shared folder setup with your movies/music etc inside. Then you just need one of many available third party media extenders that will play the folders from any network share.

One of the better ones are the Mediagate (dont have link for UK).

A slightly more geeky and complex solution is to do as I have done and mod an original xbox and load XBMC onto it which will function as a media extender.
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