Build a BoxeeBox and Wean Yourself From Cable

Since I've been having serious problems with satellite all week, DeviceGuru's submission was really interesting to me. He says "Inspired by Roku's awesome Netflix video download box and impressed with Boxee's free A/V media center platform, it was merely a matter of time before DeviceGuru blogger Rick Lehrbaum would create the BoxeeBox, an Ubuntu-powered HTPC with Boxee serving as its primary media center UI. Based on a 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo CPU, the BoxeeBox has the look and feel of consumer A/V equipment and packs 2GB RAM, 1TB HDD, CD/DVD drive, USB, Firewire, HDMI, DVI-D, RGB, and 8-channel surround sound audio."

Re:This Account Has Exceeded Its CPU Quota

[CopaceticOpus]

Sides good trolls know how to time things JUST right.

Skipping unnecessary characters such as "b", "e", and "," can make all the difference!

Re:This Account Has Exceeded Its CPU Quota

[Anonymous Coward]

Here was their list of recommendations:

The solution would be to optimize your applications to use less CPU.
Adding appropriate indeces to your SQL tables can often help reduce CPU.
Using static .html documents instead of painful .php scripts will practically eliminate CPU usage.

Painful? I think someone enjoys Perl a bit too much :)

Re:slight difference

[Beat The Odds]

"Inspired" by this little $100 box, I decided to make a clone that's 30x bigger and only cost me $600.

Damn, I'm impressed. That thing must be HUGE.

Where do you put it? In spare room? In a shed out back? Please, let us know.

Re:Sub $500?

[Bassman59]

My big road block to ditching cable? My wife.

Specifically, the fact that her main use for the cable is watching those god-awful HGTV/TLC shows: "John and Kate Plus Eight", "Flip that House", "Property Virgins", "Clean House", that kind of thing.

If she likes that crap, you have grounds for divorce right there. No judge would deny it.