Sydneysiders: I will pay you $150 to set up my media centre!

[Jarrad88]

im sure he is asking weather some one can do it for him not how easy it is,
if you want pm me and ill give you my number
and discuss your requirements and and weather or not you would like my assistance in setting it up i work in the sydney cbd so shouldnt be to hard to work out something with you

[ExtremePC]

I'm in Sydney, for $150 i'd set it up with ubuntu and xbmc, It will play anything you care to throw at it, over the network (wired or wireless) or local (internal/external hard disk, usb, digital camera etc). It will be maintenance free. You will be able to use an MS remote control.

If you have a library of files like tv shows in a proper directory structure (even spread across different locations on the network) it will also give you the sexiest UI ever created for a media center (much much more advanced and streamlined than VMC) including poster/dvd/cd/actor cover art as well as show/music/dvd synopsis -----AUTOMATICALLY and without intervention downloaded from the internet whenever you add more content.

Browsing/scrolling through the media "folders" also works in realtime with cover art and thumbnails as fast as you can scroll (unlike some other solutions).