My most recent machine has

[jennyfur]

My most recent machine has been alive and kicking for almost 3 years I think. I almost never used it standalone, it was mostly accessed via extender (the PC and TV were on different floors of the house). It’s a 2 tuner cablecard system, and there was a few times I considered upgrading to one of the ceton devices but that never happened and now that I don’t have to share it anymore, there’s no need to. I moved and got FiOS a few months ago, which greatly improved my cable situation since unlike Comcast, it actually works. Big improvement on the MAF there hehe 😉

I decided about 4 years ago that it wasn’t worth it to maintain a separate HTPC anymore though, I just beefed up my main rig to do double duty (and really, what little it does besides HTPC duties is minimal anyway). I just couldn’t afford to keep upgrading it as well as a separate HTPC. I would have an xbox regardless since I’m a gamer, so it was a no brainer for me to go the extender route.