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Re: Need user-friendly front end to watch movies from server
For what you want, i'd maybe look at the Linux port of the xbox mediacentre. Again, this means full PCs hidden in each cottage, but they'll play anything you can throw at it and be reasonably good looking and simple to use.
The boxes will also need less power than a vista box, so you could get away with some cheap hardware.
But I think you'll find there are plenty of legal issues you'll have to sort out when providing these capabilities on a commercial basis.
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