what's a good HD media center

[Howard Alan Treesong]

My modded Xbox (the modded PSP of consoles) is getting a bit long in the tooth--it was great for shitty DiVX encodes in 2003, but it totally fails on 720p MP4s in 2008. I want to get a HOT and SEXY new media center that will handle 720p with aplomb and perhaps even 1080p once I upgrade my projector. Any suggestions?

I'm leaning towards a Mac Mini right now, but am curious if there's anything cheaper/better I should be considering. $599 to get in the door...oh, Apple, you loveable scamps.

[Mupepe]

360?

or build a cheap PC

[disgruntled_jojo]

I use the mini, but there are a lot of other options out there.  This is kind of the wrong place to ask the question though, you should probably hit up the AVS Forums.

[hyp]

i've been streaming hidef 720p over my 360 w/ the new patch.  works fucking ace man.  would rather do it thru the ps3 but it doesn't read xvid and divx over streaming.   you gotta actually hook up a USB drive for it to work or some shit.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I use the mini, but there are a lot of other options out there.  This is kind of the wrong place to ask the question though, you should probably hit up the AVS Forums.

thanks for the advice; I never read AVS and tend to forget it exists

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=940972