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[Noam Rathaus]

Hi,

I can't understand one thing, people hate it when I, unintentionally, promote 
Apple, but find it unstrange when there is apparent lack of a decent device 
which compares to Apple's device.

I don't say go with close source, I don't say use proprietary products, but at 
least give me a decent alternative

Excuse me, but FIT-PC2 is, at least from looking around:
1) Expensive for the Spec you get - and I am not even sure it works ok on 
movies, just because it has HDMI doesn't mean it will work properly on movies
2) No apparent user base - if it doesn't work or doesn't work properly, you 
are in the dark
3) Proven technology, Apple TV , with all my feelings (not positive) for 
Apple, works, and works quite nicely

There are US solutions that are non-Apple to do what I am looking for, but I 
can't find them in Israel.

On Monday 09 November 2009 21:21:14 Tom Goren wrote:
> somewhat blasphemous to promote apple products on a linux mailing list...
>
> the fit-pc2 looks awesome, i am already making inquiries now, interested in
> buying one myself.
>
> tom.
>
> 2009/11/6 Marc Volovic <marc.volovic at swiftouch.com>
>
> > Yes, there is such a unit. It is called Mac Mini, iMac or Mac Pro,
> > whichever is your poison.
> >
> > ---MAV
> > Marc. Volovic
> > +972-54-467-6764
> > marcvolovic at me.com
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >
> > On Nov 6, 2009, at 14:29, Amos Shapira <amos.shapira at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  2009/11/6 Noam Rathaus <noamr at beyondsecurity.com>:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I am looking for a "pre-built" system that I can seamlessly and easily
> >>> install Boxee on it.
> >>>
> >>> I am not interested in building one from scratch, as my goals are:
> >>> 1) ease of installation
> >>> 2) silence - the computer has to be dead-quite
> >>> 3) everything just there - i mean, I don't want to buy X, Y and Z from
> >>> three
> >>> different places
> >>> 4) has to be small and look slick
> >>>
> >>> AND most importantly
> >>> 5) Has to have/come with a remote control
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone know of such units being sold in Israel?
> >>
> >> Sorry no answer from me about this one.
> >>
> >> But if you are like me - I suspect that you might be looking for
> >> something to allow you to watch Internet media as well as digital TV
> >> on your large screen TV in the living room, right?
> >>
> >> I recently learned about DLNA (dlna.org) - there are apparently
> >> thousands of devices supporting it and the TV's among them which do it
> >> properly should allow viewing of media over LAN (or even wireless LAN)
> >> and there are apparently some open source efforts to support its
> >> server-side on Linux too.
> >>
> >> My current (mid-term) plan is to get my hands on one of these TV's,
> >> get a proper Digital TV tuner card on my desktop Linux and serve media
> >> from the Linux over Wirless N or wired LAN to the TV.
> >>
> >> I have absolutely zero experience with actually implementing this or
> >> even seeing/reading about someone who did. I just read a bit about it
> >> in the last few weeks.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> --Amos
> >>
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