Better to buy a cheap xbox, hack it, and install the mature xbmc for the media center option. Not that it wouldn't be an option with the msntv2, but I doubt that it's development is going to go very far.
Further, the engadget article here is incorrect in stating that this hack requires hardware mods, look at this quote from the linked article, "...running without any hardware modifications..." You just need to make a separate adaptor to access the serial port, not mod the box.
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Max Watsdon @ Feb 12th 2006 10:13PM
Better to buy a cheap xbox, hack it, and install the mature xbmc for the media center option. Not that it wouldn't be an option with the msntv2, but I doubt that it's development is going to go very far.
Further, the engadget article here is incorrect in stating that this hack requires hardware mods, look at this quote from the linked article, "...running without any hardware modifications..." You just need to make a separate adaptor to access the serial port, not mod the box.