You won't find a better media center than the open-source XBMC, but most people don't have the space or desire to plug a noisy PC into their TV. Instead, I converted a cheap nettop into a standalone ...

For all intents and purposes, the original Xbox, with its NVIDIA GPU, 8-10GB hard disk and custom Pentium III processor was a high-end PC for its time -- albeit, one that connected to a television.

Here’s how you can add the XBMC media center to your Ubuntu system. 1. Open the Ubuntu Software Center. 2. Type xbmc into the search box then hit enter. 3. Click on XBMC Media Center in the search ...

Wouldn't it be nice if you could pause or stop your media center in the living room, head into the bedroom, and pick up exactly where you left off without skipping a beat? You can with XBMC, and ...

If you have an Apple TV and you're tired of transcoding your media to H.264 you owe it to yourself to check out boxee and XBMC. They take the Apple TV to the next level allowing it to play video in ...

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Is there anything preventing me from doing a full Ubuntu installation for an HTPC without a spinning-disc hard drive? Is it possible to just install it on a USB drive and boot straight to ...

XBMC, the open-source media center software that created offshoots like Plex and Boxee, has now been installed on Apple’s new Apple TV box (a jailbroken one) and transforms your $99 Apple TV into a ...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nrKJd5jeMU&w=620&h=390] You can now install XBMC on your jailbroken iPhone and iPad. It’s available on Cydia, which is the ...