2008-02-24, 22:47
I am happy to have a fat and powerful HTPC running XBMC on the main family room PC, when it comes to bedrooms, it seems that 'lighter' hardware with a small footprint and low power consumption would be desirable. (OK, it would be nice in the family room too.)
Initially, I was pondering whether any of the existing HD media streamer STBs like the istar or popcorn hour could be hacked to run XBMC, then I came across the fiirestations. These are custom PCs, I guess, running LinuxMCE in a nice form factor at a decent price. I think they're running Kubunto 7.04 or 7.10.
http://www.fiire.com/fiire-station.php
So, could that be used to run XBMC? Or is there a better roll-your-own solution that has a similar form factor and power usage? (They claim 15 watts for the bigger two, 5 watts for the small expensive one.)
Initially, I was pondering whether any of the existing HD media streamer STBs like the istar or popcorn hour could be hacked to run XBMC, then I came across the fiirestations. These are custom PCs, I guess, running LinuxMCE in a nice form factor at a decent price. I think they're running Kubunto 7.04 or 7.10.
http://www.fiire.com/fiire-station.php
So, could that be used to run XBMC? Or is there a better roll-your-own solution that has a similar form factor and power usage? (They claim 15 watts for the bigger two, 5 watts for the small expensive one.)