Squeezebox or Apple TV?

[aphex]

I want to be able to stream music to my home theater downstairs...

Squeezebox - $225, Bright screen, can stream Sirius Sat Radio, tons of plugins, dosen't need TV on to navigate (i.e. expensive bulbs) if I keep it on for hours.

Apple TV - $250 (with BB Giftcard), uses the HDTV, can also stream photos (useful for me) and movies (not really useful for me at this time)

I dunno, i like the Apple TV, but the squeezebox can do Sirius, which would totally rock. Has anyone heard of Apple TV getting a plugin for Sirius anytime soon?

 

[Kaido]

XBMC?

 

[Inspector Jihad]

dont buy an apple tv. its really crippled and locked in. squeezebox is the way to go.

 

[sygyzy]

Squeezebox

 

[BillGates]

XBMC

 

[aphex]

xbmc is out. I had one before and as much as i liked it, the Sirius streaming never worked right and my wife could never figure out how to get it to work right...

 

[TheSiege]

well if you want to get rid of it, ill take it

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: TheSiege
well if you want to get rid of it, ill take it

sold it months ago...

 

[rml]

squeezebox

 

[kami333]

Squeezebox.

Although the Apple TV shows promise (full OSX has been done and Linux is in progress), Apple hasn't announced an official Sirius plugin for it.

 

[arod]

media center extender

of those 2 options i would say squeezebox though.

 

[ultimatebob]

An Apple TV isn't going to fix your "I want to listen to Sirius on my home stereo" problem without a TON of hacking. To do it, you would need to totally reformat the thing and put Mac OS X on it. We've already given you some better solutions on how to fix that problem.

 

[Cabages]

Originally posted by: TheSiege
well if you want to get rid of it, ill take it

Are you looking for a full Xbox, or just the case (box?) like in your sig?

I was looking to sell my softmodded 160gb.

Both seem overpriced for what they do. Id say squeezebox, just cuz its cheaper.

 

[aphex]

i think im gonna get a squeezebox