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I Need a Media Center

30 06 2008

Posted By Mishary.

Since Ramadan is getting closer and i know there will be tons of kuwaiti series and talk shows, i think I’ll need something like a media center for me which is capable of:

Recording directly from a reciever or DVD player.
Can watch YouTube with it <- (MUST coz my wife is a BIG fan of YouTube ).
Built in hard drive.
Can work with Mac.
WiFi - G or N doesn’t matter.

A little search in Amazon plus Google ended up with:

Netgear EVA8000 (No built in HD).
Apple TV (Cant record from TV).
Archos TV+ (No YouTube).

Can anyone help me with it? can anyone find one with all the features above?

UPDATE:

INM just got his Archos TV+ I just bought it from INM ((sharaita 3ala kharaba )) and it seems its nearly perfect device, it got HD, YouTube, and many more. im thinking of getting one. BTW i will make a review of it.

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Date : 30 June 2008

17 responses to “I Need a Media Center”

30 06 2008: joe (13:29:57) :

a mac mini will do all of that
30 06 2008: Mishary (13:38:14) :

joe i dont want a keyboard with a mouse, just a remote control will do it all.
30 06 2008: naserM (14:53:32) :

depends on what u want i bought hp zz565 from amazon and its an amazing multimedia pc with hdmi ports and an amazing graphics, 500gb storage and hp smart multimedia drive up to 1tb, it cost 999 now which is a gr8 bargain!
if u dont want a pc then get ur hands on LACIE LaCinema its a multimedia hard drive (500gb, 1tb) that comes with a handy remote, plug and play divx or anything u could download from torrent
30 06 2008: Mishary (15:51:17) :

naserM Thanks but the LACIE LaCinema doesn’t have wifi and even youtube. right?
30 06 2008: Zaid (19:31:46) :

Popcorn A-100
I think you going to love this ….
Plays MPEG2, H.264, VC-1, and other Video storage in High Definition 1080p on your screen. You can stream all your video, audio, and photo content to your screen with the Popcorn A-100. It can play from different sources such as a PC, NAS, digital camer, USB mass storage device, internal HDD if you purchase it, and from Youtube, Google Video, and Metacafe.
Price: $179
I’m going to get one

http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/index.php?module=onlinestore&pluginoption=catalog
30 06 2008: Zaid (19:34:39) :

one more thing …
It also serves as a NAS and a BitTorrent peer-to-peer downloader to eliminate the need to switch on a PC or other device for this purpose.
30 06 2008: Yousef (23:36:20) :

INM bought the archos tv, right? so does it work with Macs? coz you just said “Archos TV+ (No YouTube)” does that mean it worked with his Mac?
30 06 2008: Mishary (23:38:16) :

Yousef it works but in an indirect way still trying to make it smoother coz u know INM better than me
30 06 2008: Yousef (23:47:01) :

why don’t you try and make INM work smoother with techy stuff instead?
30 06 2008: Mishary (23:52:12) :

Yousef la’a chethy bat3ab akthar !!
1 07 2008: naserM (07:39:56) :

then go 4 the hp it will cost u around 260

http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Entertainment-Center-entertainment-source/dp/B000W6GYFC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1214887151&sr=8-1
1 07 2008: Mishary (08:22:10) :

naserM what about the shipping cost?
1 07 2008: INM (09:28:42) :

Its hard walla yousef im just a USER !!!!!!
1 07 2008: crackjas (22:19:10) :

does Arabic subtitle work on any media centre mentioned above???
2 07 2008: naserM (07:58:10) :

mishari its 40 pounds cost me around 73- 78 kd

to put a total price tag of around 325kd but let me tell u its damn worth it, the graphics card alone(hdmi) is worth no less than 150 kd
3 07 2008: Yousef (00:33:29) :

ibcham sharah ohwa winta ibcham sharaita?
3 07 2008: Mishary (00:50:45) :

Yousef Hehehehehehe laa masken sharaita mena eb nafs el se3er