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ertman
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2014-11-18, 21:03
(This post was last modified: 2014-11-18, 21:08 by ertman.)
I thought you guys were being very helpful.
I used an old xbox, I guess just the enclosure to make a htpc. Fun little project, and with its size, I don't really need to worry about overheating.
I just don't get why MVerde was putting all the responsibilities of his purchasing decision on the XBMC developer and support community. It seems he purchased an old xbox, knowing its old hardware and expected it to be a turn key solution for modern day uses.
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For a small(ish) television set, XBMC on the original XBOX is still more than capable to bring hours of entertainment. BRRIP at 720p are kind of common, if one looks around and doesn't mind that kind of things. Emulators for all classic arcade and home systems work perfectly and with nice integration. XBMC4Xbox is still fully supported and developed (last update came out in October, with support for Python 2.7, for instance). All in all, far from useless.
All of the above, by browsing for three minutes the suggested website. I'm not using an Xbox since... 2007, but still it's a nice machine to use if you have one.
For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you
read this first (usually it's enough to follow instructions in the second post).
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m7cky
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Don't bin it dude!
I still have 3 xbi (official plural that I made up so isn't really)
Play xbox games with it,
Play every other game on every other system that came before it (slight exaggeration).
Play media on it (yes even HD stuff if you have a server with the capability to transcode.
Play Netflix on it.
Yes I just said that because you can.
At least give it away. Putting it in the bin is just plain wrong.