Mac Mini/XBMC - was krankshaft format solution found

[Jonathan Smith]

All interesting information! Yes, I only have a PC because there is certain
software which doesn't run on a Mac, although Windows 7 is surprisingly good
(Vista wasn't great-- I'm using it now at work), although it still crashes a
lot. Windows needs a faster processor for less results (a dual-core Windows
PC is unbearable) The Mac *is* a much better machine than a PC-- it has to
be admitted-- but I still hate the propriety approach.

I do have a Mac Mini connected to one of my TVs. It works well as a media
centre, although It doesn't seem to like 1080p much. Connected to a DAC its
sounds pretty good, but my BD-DVD-DVD-A player still sounds better. You
might think it would sound the same but it doesn't. Its fine for downloaded
movies, but BDs are not that expensive, especially in some paces.
I'll try XMBC, but:

 "....now that we’ve been showered with gifts from our new friends at Sony,
we understand that it is not sustainable in the long-term; *DRM is the way
of the future*.” Uh oh!
On 7 April 2011 14:07, John Rennie <hawkfan at ratsauce.co.uk> wrote:

> >PCs are cheap anyway
>
> Yes, but the design of the Mac is just gorgeous :-) No HTPC comes
> close. I need Windows because I run various other Windows apps on it,
> and for me Bootcamp works very well.
>
> >I am curious about the XMBC
>
> XBMC is a Media Centre not a Media Player. It's intended to be a
> central system for organising and playing all your media, and it's
> designed to work on systems with no keyboard and mouse using just a
> remote control. I have my Mac Mini on a shelf under my TV with the
> sound connected to my HiFi system and the video plugged straight
> into the TV with a DVI-HDMI cable.
>
> Give XBMC a try, it's free :-)
>
> JR
>
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>
> I wouldn't downgrade a Mac by installing Bootcamp (I hate Mac snobbery too
> but they are faster)-- PCs are cheap anyway. I am curious about the XMBC,
> but does it do anything a PC/ Mac can't? Both seem to play any type of
> video
> if you download the codec, using VLC for example).
>