Modded XBMC Box is Chock Full of Awesome
Modded XBMC Box is Chock Full of Awesome
Posted 01/25/2010 at 10:15am
| by Paul Lilly
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Have you heard of XBMC, the open-source, multi-platform media frontend? If not, you soon will as we put the finishing touches on a related how-to guide with plenty of advanced tips and tricks, but in the meantime, check out what resourceful modder Richard Wileman managed to do with his old Xbox.
We're talking about the original Xbox here, the little black box that most of us have long since retired. But rather than toss his up on Ebay or Craigslist, Wileman pretty much redesigned the unit from the ground up, sticking the Xbox's guts into an aluminum chassis and giving it a few other upgrades.
There's a full size 2.5-inch hard drive, a new DVD drive, an IR port, and even a little LCD to help keep tabs on the playlist.
Check out the pics here.
Image Credit: Richard Wileman via Engadget
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nadako
January 25, 2010 at 6:59pm
Now that is freaking bad a** i wish i could do that with my 360 without breaking it lol.
jlfrank83
January 25, 2010 at 11:02am
Unfortunately the hardware just doesn't cut it anymore. Even h.264 playback at 480p will stutter like mad. Highest available output is 1080i over component, and the Ethernet is 10/100Mbps; no gigabit LAN here. DVD upscaling is decent at best. Back in the day when all my movie and TV rips were 360p, this box was awesome and served me well. XBMC has its roots here, and the project reinvigorated the HTPC movement, but it's time to lay it to rest.
Paul_Lilly
January 25, 2010 at 11:18am
XBMC's development for the Xbox pretty much is dead, but the project lives on as a powerful multi-platform media frontend. And in fact the newest version turned one month old yesterday.
-Paul Lilly
jlfrank83
January 27, 2010 at 9:23am
I meant lay the hardware to rest. XBMC is still a great software platform.
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