jamesaevans
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I spent many months tweaking before realizing I spent more time configuring than watching. The optiumum combo I settled with that worked for 6 months or so glitch free was win7 x64, vlc, coreavc, ac3filter, mediaportal for the front end and intelliremote for IR control. I tried xmbc & MP on linux and vista but always ran into small but very annoying glitches, bugs and limitations. Now I'm not trying to put you off and I don't wish to offend the HTPC heads out there because I know from experience you can have a nice and stable HTPC playing back all flavours of video with no issues whatsoever. But what kept throwing a spanner in the works for me was software updates! So I feel the way forward are dedicated media streamers.
bail0ut
Hi bail0ut,
Your experiences with HTPCs are very insightful. I can just see myself spending far too much time trying to get the configuration just right and not enough time watching. I'm still researching media streamers and rather like the look of the Mede8er, it also appears to be getting lots of positive feedback from users, and is about half the price of the C-200.
Nice links, and not sites that I had come acorss before. While we are exchanging icon links you might like this one if you have not come across it before: PNG Icons & Icon Packs Download | IconsPedia - Free Icons
Best wishes
James