Mac Mini – The Ultimate Media Centre Device
By admin on August 17, 2010, 10:06 pm
A video blog about how the 2010 unibody Mac Mini featuring HDMI is the best media centre device for TV use on the market today.
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can it play flac files, mkv, lossless audio??? (TRUE HD and DTS HDMA)???
What about the Dell Zino HD? It has an HDMI output and blu-ray option and you probably could build one even cheaper than Mac Mini.
Mac Mini does seem neat however.
Just buy a PS3 for half the money.
Why Mac Mini doesn’t work for me as a HTPC: Only 1 hard drive, no RAID ability. I need that because I have so much media. Also, no blu-ray drive. I can forgive Apple for giving up on Flash but not blu-ray. Blu-ray is still the ultimate way to watch a movie. But really that’s about it.
this is like an imac without an lcd no?
is that a ham radio in the background?
david tenant ?
@sandiegoborn32 Believe or not, there’s a reason why Apple haven’t been able, yes!! haven’t been to add Bluray to Mac’s so far. But when you think about it is really not needed, We are all more and more using our HD’s for storage and using “media center” apps like Plex and others. I have a core i5 iMac connected to a very slick well organize set up of a Sony TV and Bose skers facing my bed and i access my Movie library (BRy) of my Mac just using the Apple remote also NetFlix, Hulu and so on.
Looks great.
@LACK78 I use a combination of a Mac mini and the HippoRemote App for iPhone…..you simply can’t beat that! There’s even a free basic version of that app……wondering what your take on that is.
@epicllama …sadly
@sandiegoborn32 buy PS3 for that Apple is pushing for HD downloads via iTunes they won’t add in Blu-ray until burners are dirt cheap if ever.
How can you call it “The Ultimate Media Center Device”, when it doesn’t even have Blu-Ray? Fail…
@LACK78 1:28 i didint know you had a dog?
@mannypeligroso Let’s not argue over rumors, but I highly doubt they’ll sell such a product cheaper than the competition (WD TV Live, Boxee Box, Popcorn Hour, etc…).
but no blu ray…
@thebsdguy Dude, I was talking about the new apple tv that is rumored to be released soon.And yes, I agree with you that the current apple tv is garbage.It’s completely useless mainly because of the closed system.However, if you hack it then you can overcome that obstacle.The new apple tv will take on google tv which makes me assume it has to be open if it wants to compete will google.Both are rumored to stream media over the cloud unlike keeping data on a physical hard drive.
@mannypeligroso Apple TVs are garbage.
@legr8est1234 Dude, you’re mistaken.The new apple tv is rumored to be $99 and that is pretty cheap.If that rumor is true then I’m sure it will win people over and sell like hot cakes.I agree that apple products are expensive, but that is not stopping people from buying them.Just look at the ipad.It sold over 3 million units in 60 day’s.
My new mini unibody is the only mac desktop I can afford (iMacs are too glossy). I’m coming from a higher end PC that is two years old, a macbook 2.0 ghz and a iMac G4 1.25 ghz. And yet I am not pleased with the new mini’s performance as a computer desktop, its just barely there. I try to avoid running more than two programs at a time, I feel like I have to treat it with kid gloves. Now, It would be better for lighter work or a media center, especially now it has the HDMI.
@gS32tom If you sleep it I suppose, but there’s still the desktop OS in the way
@PoliticalHell I don’t know which Mac you own, but mine wakes in 3 seconds.
@mannypeligroso An Apple product will never be cheap.
Looks like a nice device.. Apple is loosing market share with all off the bad news about the iPhone 4G and stuff in China.. they have to work harder to get the “elite-status” back. But anyway.. Thinks it’s a great product is you would spend lots of time behind your TV. Would love to see some Full HD test’s on this device with the sickest media files out there.. Nice!
To be honest, I would rather get a $700 laptop that’s got a better processor, more memory, more storage, Blu-Ray, and HDMI.
You can use that as a media center, and take it with you when you want. Sure, it’s not as pretty as a Mac, but it’s more practical, IMHO.
But yes, the Apple TV is pretty much useless (except for a very limited amount of people who get all their media through iTunes). In fact, even Apple have kind of hidden it on their website, showing their lack of pride in this product.