The XBox as the Home Entertainment Media Hub 217
bigcitymike writes "Well it might be vaporware, but it appears Dreamix is trying to turn the Xbox into a PVR with a TV guide like scheduler. They also state PC as well as Mac/Linux support down the road. " Project Dreamix will turn the Microsoft Xbox into the ultimate home entertainment center."
I presume it requires a mod-chip installed." The xbox media player really goes a long way towards this goal already. MSFT may not be the friendliest of companies, but for $200, the x-box makes a helluva stereo component.
Not Likely (Score:5, Insightful)
You can bet that if Dreamix can introduce Mac/Linux support for the XBox that microsoft will find a way to break that support--either through software or lawyers
.Re:Body of the article (Score:1, Insightful)
Its bloody on Sourceforge.
And the probability of it gettins Slashdotted is so damn freakin' remote.
Karmawhore... TROLL
~r13_zrgyva
PVR ability? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Unfortunately (Score:3, Insightful)
uh.. why? (Score:5, Insightful)
This is just another stupid idea, next please.
Re:Private Beta release link.. (Score:1, Insightful)
Slashdot is teeming with morons of the likes of you lately...
If you can say something nice and useful, or insightful, say. Else shut up.
If and when the site is Slashdotted, people will post the mirrors.
Duh!
Sad state of Slashdot I should say. Still worse is that fact that some moderator on crack will mod this shit up.
~r13_zrgyva
Re:How could this work? (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:This is good work (Score:2, Insightful)
Actually, buy purchasing an Xbox and using 3rd-party software on it, you're helping Microsoft lose money. They actually make a loss on every Xbox sale.
Personally, I'm all for the idea. As I see it, the more money Microsoft loses due to the Xbox, the less money they have to pay their lawyers with. It's been said that Microsoft could just walk through the GPL if it were ever to become a serious threat to them.
DVD players (Score:4, Insightful)
That's not the point (Score:3, Insightful)
For all of these features, the xBox is a pretty small and handy way to do all this. Just try and build a PC about the same size for 400 dollars w/ a remote, etc. that's why this is pretty cool
Are you that *stupid*? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:This is good work (Score:2, Insightful)
I'll second that and i'll add that all Linux open sourced initiatives to become available on the XBox are a real chance for every open-source-geek here to have Microsoft actually shoot itself in the foot.
Every single Xbox sold costs money to MS since they are hoping to gain money thanks to the license fee publishers have to pay for each copy of a game they build (not even sell !).
With Linux on the XBox and all open sourced alternatives to products that MS actually intends to bring to the machine we get a real chance to make the masses aware of Linux as a home-and-family-friendly tool with the added benefit of using money brought by Microsoft itself.
We have this unique chance that Microsoft by losing money on each XBox sale is actually sponsoring heavily the open source movement. We shall not let this chance pass !
Just imagine how many uses there could be for this very low cost machine : from educational ones, to fun ones (such as the PVR, mp3 player), to humanitarian ones (bring cheap computing internet able platforms to developing countries).
All this sponsored by Microsoft itself !
We won't have another chance so if you can code and know linux, do not hesitate and buy an XBox. This might be THE occasion to give MS a serious lesson.
Lours
Re:Are you that *stupid*? (Score:5, Insightful)
Did it occur to you that some of us want to play games instead of pretending that we're "beatin down the man!"?