a dedicated htpc is always the best option i believe.
there are a number of "boxes" that are capable though.
i personally have an ATV2 for the living room HTPC. its running Plex & Xbmc works fine and has been setup and left alone.
ive just bought one of the Sky Now Tv Box's and am going to install Plex on it.
i prefer plex to xbmc pesonally. so much easier to set up but you do need a PC, Mac or server etc on all the time.
there are a number of "boxes" that are capable though.
i personally have an ATV2 for the living room HTPC. its running Plex & Xbmc works fine and has been setup and left alone.
ive just bought one of the Sky Now Tv Box's and am going to install Plex on it.
i prefer plex to xbmc pesonally. so much easier to set up but you do need a PC, Mac or server etc on all the time.