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Old January 6, 2011, 12:06 PM
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I had a little ACER nettop but it was not powerful enough for 1080p, now I have a Boxee box and it seems to work pretty well, although I am still tempted to build myself a nice little HTPC.
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Does the new XBMC do any better for BD player integration?
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Does the new XBMC do any better for BD player integration?
Nope. You still need to have it to launch an external player.
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Old January 20, 2011, 02:54 PM
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Sure but is it more seamless at using an external player... Before it was clunky and a PITA to get it working. This was the only method to get it to go that I could find, and I spent about a year looking for a better option. I've recently switched to MediaPortal because it took me ~20 minutes to get it working flawlessly. TBH I don't see any reason to change from MP but if XBMC can do it now then at least I'll have options.
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Old January 20, 2011, 03:16 PM
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Chances are it will be exactly the same. I use an external player myself for anything that has a trueHD or DTS-HD Master soundtrack but for someone like a bluray I have no idea how that works.
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