RE: [ukha_d] Which Media Center ?

[Marcus Warrington <marcus.warrington@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Shaf,
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You can find out the model from the serial number..other than that there
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no way that I know of.
If you google for it you should find it .. try xbox-hq. (I'm at work at
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moment and they monitor internet access so I can't search atm).
=A340-50 sounds a good buy to me, although the ones I saw in Game where
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y =A360-70 with a warranty.. you pays your money and take your chance :)
The XBox controller ports are all infact USB ports, they just have a
differ=
ent connector on them. You can buy convertor cables or make your own
(googl=
e).
The XBox has a built in network port, so just connect a wireless bridge/AP
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to it. I had my TiVo linked up to my house network for a short while via
my=
laptop wifi connection. Just plugged the cat5 cable into the lappy and the=
n bridged the wifi and wired network connections. Worked a treat, but I
had=
to leave the lappy turned on all the time of course.
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Marcus
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Shaf Ali
Sent: 18 July 2006 10:23
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Which Media Center ?
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Sweet info Marcus... cheers.
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ps How do I tell the version no.
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Seen a couple of xboxs for sale around the 40-50 squid mark sound
reasonable ?
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Some last q's : does the xbox have usb ? and obviously must have network ?
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Was thinking of a wifi card for it via usb and compiling up a kernel to
handle it.
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Shaf
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> AFAIK the TV out from the Xbox is second to non and you would
certainly
> end up paying
> more than the price of the Xbox for the graphics card alone !
>
> There are still Xboxes available on eBay and my local Game shop has
> second hand ones
> with a warranty. If you soft mod it (rather than chip it) then you
won't
> loose the warranty :)
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> I don't think you'll find anything to beat the Xbox for "value
for
> money"
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> The later models (1.6) seem to have much quieter fans than the early
> models, I have changed
> the fan in my 1.4 model for a quite PC case fan.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a xAP connector for the XBox ?
>
> Marcus
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
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ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
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> Behalf Of Shaf Ali
> Sent: 18 July 2006 09:45
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>=20
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Which Media Center ?
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> BIG BIG SMILE :)
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> I was gonna mention this as I know a lot of boys had been doing
> this a
> while back.
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> I think I will end up going down this route as ultimately it
> does/did have
> the more superior TV out stage.
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> Is it still the best ? Or is there another bit of hardware out
> there that
> we can hack/flash ?
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> ps I wonder where I can pick up an old xbox up from in the UK.
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> > Apart from recording (which I use a backend MythTV box for),
> you can't
> > beat an XBOX and XMBC for
> > playback :)
> >
> > Marcus
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