Mac mini as PVR: A tutorial

By Dave Caolo

PVR Blog points to a great tutorial on MacMerc for turning your Mac mini into an effective PVR/media center. With the addition of Plextor ConvertX for Mac and Elgato's Eye TV, MacMerc gets a very nice media center Mac up and running, all for about $700, which is comparable to the price of a Windows Media Center. The article's author notes that he selected ConvertX to handle hardware encoding, as it takes most of the work off of the mini's entry level processor and hardware.

Toss in a wireless keyboard and mouse that can quickly be stowed into a coffee table when not in use, and now we're talking. Enjoy television, DVD's, music, photos, the web, etc. all from your mini.  Entertainment enter?  We don't need no stinking entertainment center!

[Via PVR Blog]
 

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