Which mediacenter appliance

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Published on 2010-03-25T13:23:21Z Indexed on 2010/03/25 13:33 UTC
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I'm looking to buy a mediacenter appliance, but I am a bit lost by all the offers on the market. Here are the features I am looking for :

at least 500Go HDD
capable of playing HD (1080p)
supporting a good range of video and audio codecs
support for subtitles
including a DVB-T input (coax) and tuner
composite video input
5.1 (or 7.1) analog audio output
LAN (100M or Gigabit)
fileserver (SMB or NFS)
remote control
possibly digital output (S/PDIF, TOSLINK, or other)
no need for integrated DVD player
no need for wifi

The Ultio Pro looks nice (http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/home-entertainment/d3fe). It just lacks a DVB-T input which is a show killer for me.

Thanks for your suggestions.

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