Re: [Full-disclosure] Great application for the Pinnacle ShowCenter 200

From: KF (lists) (kf_lists_at_digitalmunition.com)
Date: 07/07/05

  • Next message: Michael Holstein: "Re: [Full-disclosure] Great application for the Pinnacle ShowCenter 200"
    Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:50:51 -0400
    To: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk
    
    

    What the heck does this have to do with Full-disclosure?
    Short of the fact that this product is Bluetooth based (which could lead
    to fun)... I don't get why you are posting this here?

    Maybe you and /bugsywinter@yahoo.com can set up your own list to talk
    about your super duper ereet0 p1ut0 h0m3 5y5t3ms. Or even better... use
    their friggin list! http://plutohome.com/support/index.php?section=mail

    Unless you are screwing with the Bluetooth pairing, or trying to
    impersonate the phone that controls Pluto take this conversation elsewhere.
    /-KF

    edward geraldino wrote:

    > I just setup a Pluto Home system (smarthome + media server,
    > plutohome.com, free open source). It’s really cool. It has a streaming
    > movie server, music server, PVR. Plus it does home automation and
    > controls a/v equipment too. There’s only 1 problem…
    >
    > You designate 1 PC to be the server; they call it the core. It exposes
    > a network boot image for any other PC in the house, so your PC becomes
    > dual purpose—normal PC, or net boot and it’s a set top box. You
    > control it with Bluetooth mobile phones or web pads. And all the set
    > top boxes in the house work together. Your media even follows you as
    > you move from room to room if you keep the phone on. The problem is I
    > don’t have enough media PCs for all the rooms in my house, and buying
    > a full PC for each room is too expensive. Plus there’s no video cards
    > for the PC that have component video output—which is the only way I
    > can get HDTV into my TV.
    >
    > The Pinnacle seems perfect as a media director. Right now, you can’t
    > do a lot with it. But if it worked as a media director, it would be
    > part of a whole house solution that did everything. I could even use
    > the Pinnacle’s menu to turn on my sprinklers if I wanted. Plus, since
    > Pluto gives it a network boot image, space is no longer an issue—all
    > the software could be stored on the main server. And the ShowCenter
    > 200 has component video and it’s silent.
    >
    > Does anybody have an idea if it would be possible to use the
    > ShowCenter 200 as a media director like that, doing a network boot?
    > Then I could just buy a few of the Pinnacles rather than having to buy
    > regular PCs.
    >
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