fyi
Way ahead of this - converged the net, home network and 9 foot projector screen with the Acer Aspire Revo for only $300. Best of all-all anon. No stupid monitoring by Google, etc.
See my write-up here on my PC-based HD player:
XP build and 1080p playback working perfectly
http://www.revouser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=655