Yet another use for my iBook
The ultimate media centre for less than
$1000
A friend of mine bought a small, 60GB hard drive
the other day to play back his DivX and Xvid movies on his plasma. The $600 unit
is as small as a deck of cards and a neat addition, which he can take anywhere
with him. Yet for $400 more, after salary sacrifice, he could have had a 1.3GHz
iBook with keyboard, 12-inch screen and all the networking features he could
want.
That is increasingly what I am using my iBook for. Add on the excellent VLC and some other freeware such as Forty-Two and ffmpegx and I have much of the home entertainment kit I need for my theatre. I can even grab media via wifi straight from the study where the network storage server is.
I can't wait until a G5 Powerbook is released so I can move the iBook into the lounge permanently.
Or I could get Nyko's iPod video player.
That is increasingly what I am using my iBook for. Add on the excellent VLC and some other freeware such as Forty-Two and ffmpegx and I have much of the home entertainment kit I need for my theatre. I can even grab media via wifi straight from the study where the network storage server is.
I can't wait until a G5 Powerbook is released so I can move the iBook into the lounge permanently.
Or I could get Nyko's iPod video player.
Posted: Thu - April 21, 2005 at 02:01 PM
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