It keeps getting better and better for PC based home entertainment.  These applications have been around a little while, but this is a great article detailing the industry leaders.  We currently sell media center boxes with Microsoft Media Center AND Boxee ready to run - these are anywhere from $650 to $1500, depending on accessories.  Help yourself to the full whitepaper - and ask any questions you may have :)

You can learn more about the 10 media center applications covered in the whitepaper

here:

• Boxee
• Elisa
• Entertainer
• Freevo
• MediaPortal
• My Media System
• MythTV
• Neuros OSD
• Plex
• XBMC

These are all FREE software, with free having slightly different definitions on the web - these at least won't cost you any money to run the software.  You may need a PC to install on, and TV to plug in to, etc.

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