[CUBE] Cube entertainment centre

[George Pepper]

My Cube is exactly that... My entertainment center... iTunes, iPhoto, 
DVD's, and TV... It's also on my AirPort net so I can surf or check my 
mail on it if I want [Hardly ever do that, as it's not in a comfortable 
position for that anymore - I'm on my Xserve now, which is my 
"office"]... I think you should sell your wife on getting a Formac 
Studio TVR so you'll have TV on it also... With the TVR, you could use 
the sound output to run a great sound system if you wanted... I have 
satellite TV piped into it and don't even own a TV anymore... My Cube 
has the TVR, and my Xserve inherited it's MyTV/FM... I do think you'll 
be cheesed-off with a 15" monitor though... 1024x768 is not a lot of 
rez for watching wide screen format DVD's... I have a 23" Cinema HD, 
but I think a 20" would be fine... Note that if you want to do that, 
you'll need some other graphics card if your Cube has the ATi Rage 
128... I set my Cube system up on a glass top coffee table in front of 
my couch, and it positively kicks butt...

Pep

On Friday, March 12, 2004, at 02:32  PM, meirion roscoe wrote:

> I have been toying for some time now with buying an extra cube and 15" 
> Apple LCD and using it purely to play MP3s, CDs, DVDs and internet 
> radio in my living room.  I could bin my existing stereo and rig the 
> whole thing up with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse/remote control.  I 
> could use iTunes to play cool tunes via sound sticks/iSub (or maybe 
> JBL Creatures, hmmm) and iPhoto to impress granny with shots of my 
> little boys first pedal bike accident.
>
> Can anyone think of any other uses in this role for an underused cube 
> (that I can sell the idea to the Minister of Home affairs/wife)/
> Would there be a need to upgrade any bits, maybe add an Airport Card?
> Anyone done this already?
>
> Thanks as always for your considerations
>
> Rossi
>