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What cheap and small pcs can be bought or built for the solitary purpose of running XBMC under linux? I'm frustrated with the inability of the original xbox hardware to handle MP4s at dvd native resolution. The price point needs to be around $200.00, else just buying a PopCorn Hour or a the like becomes a better alternative. What's out there?
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If you just want SD h.264, the AppleTV under Linux and XBMC can handle it at about $200. Most reasonable 720p too.
The bird scene, well, don't even go there.
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I know this sounds kind of dumb, but look on craigslist. There are always PCs on there in my city that are being pushed off for $100 or $200 dollar that would actually fit the bill of what you are looking for. They are going to be questionable on HD quality but the $100 dollar ones are often pentium 4s in the low to mid 2ghz range.
Add a good HD card with proper outputs and you'll probably have yourself a nice frontend that'd at least support 720p with no problems. I'm not exactly sure how the exact specifications for the 1080i.