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A good HTPC is the plan one day but if I could get the xbox to do HD for less than a couple hundred dollars it would be the ultimate home theatre appliance.

I never said any of that. My comment about PM3 on XBMC looking 10x better than all the fisher price type skins was mainly directed at those Windows Media Center looking kind. They are such an eyesore... like they were setup for 3rd graders. I've messed with a few friends MCE machines and it is a joke both featurewise and looks wise when compared to XBMC.

I haven't even tried out MediaPortal yet so I wouldn't know if it is slow or useless. I would hope not. The entire reason I came to this site was because I was told MediaPortal is the PC version of XBMC but from reading comments here and on the xbmc forums I'm finding out it probably isn't as nice... at the moment. I'm also hoping the future brings good things. And like I said I will try it out one of these days so I can actually be qualified to say.

<blockquote data-quote="LaTropa64" data-source="post: 67814" data-attributes="member: 20523">A good HTPC is the plan one day but if I could get the xbox to do HD for less than a couple hundred dollars it would be the ultimate home theatre appliance.I never said any of that. My comment about PM3 on XBMC looking 10x better than all the fisher price type skins was mainly directed at those Windows Media Center looking kind. They are such an eyesore... like they were setup for 3rd graders. I've messed with a few friends MCE machines and it is a joke both featurewise and looks wise when compared to XBMC.I haven't even tried out MediaPortal yet so I wouldn't know if it is slow or useless. I would hope not. The entire reason I came to this site was because I was told MediaPortal is the PC version of XBMC but from reading comments here and on the xbmc forums I'm finding out it probably isn't as nice... at the moment. I'm also hoping the future brings good things. And like I said I will try it out one of these days so I can actually be qualified to say. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="LaTropa64, post: 67814, member: 20523"] A good HTPC is the plan one day but if I could get the xbox to do HD for less than a couple hundred dollars it would be the ultimate home theatre appliance. I never said any of that. My comment about PM3 on XBMC looking 10x better than all the fisher price type skins was mainly directed at those Windows Media Center looking kind. They are such an eyesore... like they were setup for 3rd graders. I've messed with a few friends MCE machines and it is a joke both featurewise and looks wise when compared to XBMC. I haven't even tried out MediaPortal yet so I wouldn't know if it is slow or useless. I would hope not. The entire reason I came to this site was because I was told MediaPortal is the PC version of XBMC but from reading comments here and on the xbmc forums I'm finding out it probably isn't as nice... at the moment. I'm also hoping the future brings good things. And like I said I will try it out one of these days so I can actually be qualified to say. :) [/QUOTE]