[MPlayer-users] standalone DVD-player that plays mencoded AVIs

[Matthias Czapla]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 01:08:24AM +0000, jzaw wrote:
> how about an xbox ... yeah I know ... /me spits and curses
>  ... chip it ... and install linux
> what a great retribution knowing the h/w is highly subsidised cos its 
> intended to run xbox games but you get a good (-ish) linux platform all 
> for about £99 + £20 for the chip!
> then you KNOW  it will play your avi ... cos itll be running mplayer :-)

Interesting option. But I definitely won't spend money for anything having
the word "Microsoft" stamped all over it. Furthermore it's EUR 200,- here
just for the box, and additionally you need the chip an at least a remote
control or something... and that's a bit too much for now. Someday I'll put
up a real multimedia box for the living room though.

Regards
Matthias