The Xbox Media Center is one of the things I like the most about xbox. I was using an old tower unit which takes up loads of room, and a copy of geexbox to play video/music from network shares.
This worked ok, but Geexbox isnt very refined. XBMC is though, and anyone including friends and guests can work out how to navigate through the screens and stuff. Its very nice to look at and you can also download skins directly from the net using the xbox, and try install them. Real time Weather screens and stuff makes it quite interactive.. theres so much more potential though!
The mod chips should be legal in the UK, inmy opinion, but I think that recently they were declared illegal in Germany
Also.. Microsoft makes a loss on the hardware if you buy a new Xbox.. since they expect you to make up for it buying games
This worked ok, but Geexbox isnt very refined. XBMC is though, and anyone including friends and guests can work out how to navigate through the screens and stuff. Its very nice to look at and you can also download skins directly from the net using the xbox, and try install them. Real time Weather screens and stuff makes it quite interactive.. theres so much more potential though!
The mod chips should be legal in the UK, inmy opinion, but I think that recently they were declared illegal in Germany
Also.. Microsoft makes a loss on the hardware if you buy a new Xbox.. since they expect you to make up for it buying games