Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

XBOX - Media Extender

  • 20-04-2006 3:05pm
    #1
    slayer91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 241 ✭✭


    Hello,

    My HTPC budget is under severe pressure and the new XBOX 360 looks a bit away for the moment...
    Is it possible to pick up an orginal Xbox second hand and use this as a media extender.
    I plan to have the HTPC upstairs and the xbox in the living room connected via Cat5

    Regards

    Liam


Comments

  • #2
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,946 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    can be done alright, but AFAIK it is only available in NTSC for the XBOX, which means chipping it.

    Also, as the extender for the XBox is emulated in software, its pretty sluggish.

    TBH, you might be better off buying a full-blown extender from the US. Netgear make one as do a couple of other companies. Again, its in NTSC so your TV will need to support it'


  • #3
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    If money is tight you could forgo the MCE app for the Xbox which wasn't that great to begin with and if you really want to save those pennies do a soft mod on the Xbox and setup XBMC [Xbox Media Center] on it which will do most of the MCE duties quite well bar watching/recording TV.

    You can play back many video, audio and picture formats with it much more than the official MCE extenders.


Advertisement