100% agree, I have an HP MediaSmart and am very happy. Small, attractive, and very quiet.
Setup was a breeze, plug it in, let it do the windows update thing, while still running pop in additional hard drives (4 bays total), configure them, done.
For video clients I have both the Asus O!Play and the WD HD Live, they both work great but lack search and content download features.
The Acer Aspire Revo running XBMC seems to be a very popular and affordable option for that. The UI is beautiful, downloads movie info and covers from IMDB, very slick.
Setup was a breeze, plug it in, let it do the windows update thing, while still running pop in additional hard drives (4 bays total), configure them, done.
For video clients I have both the Asus O!Play and the WD HD Live, they both work great but lack search and content download features.
The Acer Aspire Revo running XBMC seems to be a very popular and affordable option for that. The UI is beautiful, downloads movie info and covers from IMDB, very slick.