Another Jason

21 Feb 2005

Another Jason

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Media box: $150 for Prismiq

14 Feb 2005

prismiq looks like it might work out. They have a beta linux server program. I still would like to have a quite full blown pc under the TV, but $400 vs $150?

Another downside for prismiq is no Games. With console emulators and MAME you can have a pretty vast game collection on tap.

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ASUS DigiMatrix and Pundit

14 Feb 2005

I’m dreaming that I had more $$ than I do, and thinking about buying a media box.

ASUS Pundit. This would be great for watching video from the internet on TV and all the other options freevo/mythtv. Throw in a wintv card and
you have a remote and tv recording.

ASUS DigiMatrix. Built in everything. $100 more.

The perplexing thing to me is both have digital audio out (S/PDIF also know as TosLink), but they are on the front of the unit. If I where spending tons of $$ for a media room I would want a DVI projector and digital audio. Seems having the S/PDIF out on the back of both units would make a lot more sense.