Building the Ultimate MPC/Boxee Box

Get Full HD video with upto 7.1 surround sound over HDMI, Play back just about any video format thats on your hard drive or any spinning disc

Hardware Needed
Desktop or Media Center Case $39.99
Intel MB with HDMI out $99.99
Intel Core i3 530 $124.99
2GB DDR3 Ram $69.99
Big Hard Drive 1GB $99.99
DVD/Blu-Ray/HD DVD drive $24.99/$99.99/$159
A few TV Tuners $24.99 to $99.99
WMC Remote and IR Reciver $0 to $24.99

$534.94 with tuners and optical
$335 without AKA Boxee Box

Main Software
Windows 7 Home Premium or Higher
Latest Boxee Version
Hulu Desktop
Orb
NetFlix

Add-on's
Latest version of Flash 10.1
WMC Boxee plugin
AnyDVD HD
HandBreak
DVD Shrink
RipBot264

Alternative OS and Software
MythTV
Ubuntu
Mac OS X
Windows XP