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[quote]Of course, if you built your own HTPC, you’d have to buy the operating system, the case, all the components. I’m not sure you could keep the price down to $500. [/quote]
While he does have a point you can easily “roll your own” HTPC system for around $750 or so for just the hardware and maybe a copy of MCE but it all depends on what hardware you’re trying to use.
Also HTPC software tends to add more to the price as well.
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