I hate to say it, but I think the xbox 360 wins in this category.
* Using it's ability to see upnp servers, it streams XviD and mkv just fine across a local network (admittedly, I had to change the extension on my mp4s and mkv's to "m4v" to get the 360 to see/play it).
* When connected as a Vista Media Center extender, it does the whole DVR package. (The Popcorn Hour can be made to support GB-PVR, but it's a pain in the keester.)
* It's got built-in Netflix support
* Either through one of many plug-ins for Vista Media Center, or through the use of PlayOn Media Server, the 360 can stream from Hulu, CBS, YouTube, etc.
(The HD-200 is supposedly getting Hulu support soon...we'll see...it has limited Hulu support via PlayOn currently, and it doesn't do Netflix, period. The HD-200 also requires a minimum $80 investment in SageTV software to use the PVR functionality on top of the $200 hardware cost, although they bundle for $250. As crappy as DVR-MS is as a codec for recording live HDTV, Windows Media Center also happens to have a much nicer price tag (i.e., free).)
Like I said, I hate to say it, since I generally prefer that Sage records all HDTV to *.mpg files, but until Sage gets it's act together with online video (and follows Boxee's lead on that)...
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I hate to say it, but I think the xbox 360 wins in this category.
* Using it's ability to see upnp servers, it streams XviD and mkv just fine across a local network (admittedly, I had to change the extension on my mp4s and mkv's to "m4v" to get the 360 to see/play it).
* When connected as a Vista Media Center extender, it does the whole DVR package. (The Popcorn Hour can be made to support GB-PVR, but it's a pain in the keester.)
* It's got built-in Netflix support
* Either through one of many plug-ins for Vista Media Center, or through the use of PlayOn Media Server, the 360 can stream from Hulu, CBS, YouTube, etc.
(The HD-200 is supposedly getting Hulu support soon...we'll see...it has limited Hulu support via PlayOn currently, and it doesn't do Netflix, period. The HD-200 also requires a minimum $80 investment in SageTV software to use the PVR functionality on top of the $200 hardware cost, although they bundle for $250. As crappy as DVR-MS is as a codec for recording live HDTV, Windows Media Center also happens to have a much nicer price tag (i.e., free).)
Like I said, I hate to say it, since I generally prefer that Sage records all HDTV to *.mpg files, but until Sage gets it's act together with online video (and follows Boxee's lead on that)...