News - ARCTIC updates MC001-E HTPC with latest XBMC “Frodo”

[HEXUS]

Also barebones versions can be had for a song via Amazon.de right now.

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[Netvyper]

Finally, a fully passive htpc at a decent price

[nacasatu]

Looks fantastic, great price. Went to buy two of them after reading this article and I gave up. The payment process with that stupid stupid stupid Skrill/moneybookers is just not worth the hassle involved.

Let me give you the example, added two to shopping cart, no problem, went to purchase - can't do so without an account with Skrill. Ok, make the Skrill/moneybookers account, go back to pay. No, can't do that until I've sent a couple of Euro via my bank account (WHAT!?!) to my moneybookers/Skrill and then wait 5 days for that to be approved. Oh wait, I can't then purchase with my credit card because I HAVE TO VERIFY MY ADDRESS via waiting on a letter then entering in a code form that !?!?! NNNNNNNNNNFFFFFFFFF !!!!!!!

Jesus Christ, just use paypal or let me buy direct with my credit card. Skrill/moneybookers will turn more customers away from your website than anything else. Would love to have bought two of them but I'm just not bothered now after all that messing about, all I wanted to do was give you my money, here take my money... No ? You don't want my money ? What ???

Anyway, nice article as always, love Hexus.

[jim]

Did you try using Amazon.de?

[cjs150]

It is very pretty, would need to lie horizontal not vertically for my system. Good price, but atom does not cut it for me.

Also yet to get Frodo working with all media on a NAS. No doubt I will get there, there is probably some scripting or command prompt work needed