Posted by dvdphile on 12/29/28 11:26

"test" <test@test> wrote in message
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> "dvdphile" <garylawton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> I know you said you didn't want to go xbox but it really is the best way
>> without a PC.
>> There are other media players which stream the video from your PC, or you
>> could get a dvd player with a hard drive which is networked like KISS do.
>> I personally have 2 xboxes both modded with XBMC on for media and they
>> are great!
>> You can pick up an xbox for less than �100 these days and soft mod it for
>> next to nothing.
>> If you want you could put in a big hard drive too!
>>
>> Have a lot at www.xboxscene.com
>>
>
> Thanks for the reply Gary - I'm not good at soldering or anything like
> that - is this fairly easy to do ?
> I also would not want to use a joypad to control the xbox - could this be
> done by remote.
>
> Thanks for the link above - I'll have a look later.
>

You don't need to do any soldering esp if u go softmod! ;-)
Yes, you can use a remote for the xbox and it works with XBMC too!
You might be best getting a premodded one?? Look at ebay or:

http://www.advancedxbox.com/shop/index.php

Gary

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