I'm definitely no open-source fanatic, but it does have the potential to accomplish some pretty neat stuff. I posted this because this 'new' feature in a pretty expensive piece of proprietary softwrae has been availalable for a couple years with a piece of software that people can get for nothing. It's obviously not perfect, but it's pretty damn good. Also, it, like a lot of open-source projects, does have 'professional' (full-time) developers working on it.

LinuxMCE has done this from the start. Plus, it's Open-source which means it's both free and in desperate need of development help.

http://www.linuxmce.com

Boston! I feel like some cream pies.

Ah, but not with HDCP. I'm guessing that's what he's complaining about. Oh well, someday the TV studios will learn the lesson that the record labels are learning: if you sell content without DRM people will by it. If you ruin your product with it, people will get it somewhere else.

Hi everybody!

Actually, this idea was thought of before aerovironment, as well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Proteus

So, they're delaying the Einstein system, huh? The updates on the PlutoHome website www.plutohome.com have slowed down significantly. I wonder if Monster is still using plutohome software for the Einstein system.

I like Zelda. Then again, I don't have an xbox 360...yet

While the Fiire hardware is definitely cool, you can try out LinuxMCE on your own hardware. The software is pretty awesome, even if it's still a little unpolished. The flexibility of the design (it's a fork of Pluto http://www.plutohome.com) is really cool. You can add support for almost any hardware with an open interface (with varying amounts of work). It has support for light control, media control, etc.

The demo video is here and is worth a watch: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Screenshots

http://www.linuxmce.com

I like the part where Leonidas' wife even kicks some ass.