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Originally Posted by Pastiche
What's great about XBMC live is that it is a live OS meaning that if you set the computer to boot from USB you can load XBMC on a 4gb jump drive and anytime you turn the computer on it boots right into XBMC. If you want to use windows just take out the jump drive and it boots like normal.
The great thign about XBMC is that it is also compatible with multiple plugins like a youtube plugin. So you can browse youtube from within XBMC you don't need to start up firefox. I can watch ATDHE.net hockey streams from right in XBMC. Great feature.
Anyway just look for XBMC videos on youtube, there's a bunch that show off the interface and functionality.
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I checked out the videos, the XBMC forum and website and I will be definitely giving the program a try. The program looks like it will suit my needs pretty darn good. I think you have sold me on XBMC. I am still unsure about the hardware aspects of a HTPC though.
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Originally Posted by Pastiche
It does not come with an internal wireless adapter. Can always buy a wireless dongle. The 330bd comes with a blu ray player and an internal IR receiver and remote which is really nice.
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Ok so setting up the wireless with a dongle is easy enough.
It comes with a 320GB drive which wouldn't be enough to hold all my DVD's, music, pictures, TV shows etc. So I am assuming that I would host all the stuff on my main desktop computer and stream it to the ION-BD. Would this work smoothly? I am planning on buying a dual-band N router to handle the load and the distance from my computer to the HTPC isn't very far (but hard to a run a cable). Would this setup work? Or should I go with a custom setup like Mick has?
I see that he uses his to connect to his cable box. I'm not really interested in doing that as much as I am interested in using a HTPC as a media organizing device. Is there any advantage in building a custom HTPC and loading all my files onto the device itself versus streaming them from my computer? I can see it being more convenient to have all my all files on my one desktop computer, but is the performance much different?