I was thinking about using a mini for that but opted for an earlier G4 tower so I could occasionally boot OS9 for a couple of old games I liked.
I have it connected to a 46"" LCD TV and a set of Harmon/Kardon speakers. I'm not a huge music fan but the speakers do well enough. Mostly I play video files and sometimes foreign videos as my Blu-ray player won't handle either the the Pal video. Unfortunately I'm just a hair short of enough horsepower to play MKV files. A faster G4 Mini would likely manage that.
I have an Egalto EyeTV 250 Plus connected to a USB 2.0 card. It came with a remote. I generally use it for my cable TV watching as aside from being able to record , it caches what I'm watching so I can pause it or jump back and watch something over again.
It has wireless internet so I occasionally do streaming video. Sometimes it's nice to let iPhoto do a slide show when we're sitting around talking.
I have it connected to a 46"" LCD TV and a set of Harmon/Kardon speakers. I'm not a huge music fan but the speakers do well enough. Mostly I play video files and sometimes foreign videos as my Blu-ray player won't handle either the the Pal video. Unfortunately I'm just a hair short of enough horsepower to play MKV files. A faster G4 Mini would likely manage that.
I have an Egalto EyeTV 250 Plus connected to a USB 2.0 card. It came with a remote. I generally use it for my cable TV watching as aside from being able to record , it caches what I'm watching so I can pause it or jump back and watch something over again.
It has wireless internet so I occasionally do streaming video. Sometimes it's nice to let iPhoto do a slide show when we're sitting around talking.