I am sitting rather uncomfortably in front of my 42 inch plasma TV. That's old news, I've had it for over three years now. What's new is the Intel Mac Mini connected to it, with iTunes playing on the home sterero, streaming music wirelessly from my main computer in the other room. I just got the Apple AirportExpress stereo connection kit, not because I have an AirportExpress (I don't) but because it was the most convenient way to acquire that funky mini-phono plug to TOSLINK digital optical cable needed to connect the computer to the stereo in glorious 5.1 surround sound.
I am really surprised that sitting about three feet away from the screen actually delivers a pretty good picture, good enough to write blog posts at least. I still haven't figured out what I'm going to do with this system, as I've got three other Macs around the house that are much more convenient to work with. I have some vague ideas about experimenting with home multimedia and theater software, but I'm not sure exactly how that will be realized.
My tentative plan for a weekend project is to see if I can get the FireWire SDK and samples installed and play with the demos to grab video from the cable set top box and save it to disk. That's phase one of my secret plan at least....
