Feasible to use a laptop as a Digital Media Receiver/Extender?

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Published on 2010-04-16T18:48:45Z Indexed on 2010/04/16 18:53 UTC
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Since the price of many dedicated hardware Digital Media Extenders is only slightly lower than that of a cheap laptop, is there any reason you couldn't use a laptop as a Digital Media Extender?

I'm looking for specific reasons that might make this unworkable. For instance, would the small screen/low-power video card of the laptop prevent the movie from playing well on the TV?

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