Media Center + Zune + Xbox 360 + Slingbox = :D

jkruse — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:59:00 GMT

Ok so this post isn't really related to UC at all, but what the hey ...

Over the Christmas/New Year period I finally got around to playing with my media setup at home (yep, I'm a geek alright). I now have the following hooked up and working nicely:

40" Sony Bravia HDTV
Media Centre PC (Vista Ultimate Edition)
Xbox 360

Xbox Live (Gears of War rocks)
Xbox 360 acting as a Media Centre Extender

Zune (yes I got a brown one - and I like it!)

Bose noise-cancelling headphones (I spend a lot of time on planes)

SlingBox Pro

So now I have an almost-perfect media experience wherever I am (actually that kind of is related to UC - where I also have all a perfect communications experience wherever I am!).

At home I can stream music, TV and movies to whatever room I am in; if I'm on a plane I have all of my music and most of my movies on my Zune (I used to have an iPod Mini then a Creative Zen Micro, but with the excellent screen and battery-life on the Zune I will never go back); and I can watch my TV at home from anywhere in the world via the SlingBox (handy when I'm in the USA and the rugby is on TV).

So my question is - what do you reckon I should do next?

I'll post some photos as soon as I find the charger for my camera!

Johann's Unified Communications : htpc

Media Center + Zune + Xbox 360 + Slingbox = :D