Posted by Jack (www.villagebbs.com) on 01/11/06 22:26

> >Obviously the XBOX isn't a DVR.
>
> That is not obvious to me since I do not know what it is.

I did in fact point that out in a previous post which you replied to,
so I figured you got that part.

> >You can watch video
> >from either the XBOXs internal hard drive, yes or you can watch video
> >streamed from either your LAN or an Internet location.
>
> Excellent! Will it play on my TV?

Yes, how else would you watch it?

> > Since the XBOX
> >has no video capturing capabilities you cannot capture video with it..
> >but we were talking about networked DVD players here and not DVRs.
>
> You are right about that - but I wanted to see if it had that
> capability anyway.

I can't think of a single game system, dvd player or other non-DVR/VCR
type device that could.

> >The point is for less than $100 (used) or $150 retail the XBOX is your best
> >friend when it comes to being a cheap network media center.
>
> Where do you get a $100 unit and what version is it?

The original XBOX, which without getting technical there is only one
version of. You can get them used on ebay for less than $100 if you
look around.

> And what kind of GUI does it have? Remote control with IR? Does it
> look and feel like a DVD Player? Can I program a URC 8910 remote to
> operate it?
>
> http://www.ofausa.com/remote.php?type=URC%208910

If this remote supports IR (which I can only imagine it does) then yes,
yes you can.

You'll need to 'unlock' the XBOX to make it play steaming video files,
i'm not sure if that would be too easy for you depending on your skill
level with PCs and general knowledge of the XBOX which is apparently
fairly limited (no offense). If you can manage it though, you'll not
find a better device for the money, well as far as media players go.

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