Now that's a Mac mini PVR

I don't have an HD TV or even an SD or ED TV. But I will be doing something similar with my Mac mini when I get my replacement iMac Intel.

EatingPie - The Westinghouse is not a plama, it is a LCD.

The only problem I see: Plasma TV.

They suffer burn in, and if that Mac is his primary viewing system, he's pretty much guaranteed to wreck that TV. :(

I would definitely not do this unless I had an LCD,LCOS or DLP.

-Pie

Dude! Sweet!

Nice setup, but I wouldn't try to navigate this with a remote from my couch with the software shown in this picture.

This would be really smooth when running FrontRow. But hey, FrontRow does not include PVR functionallity.

Well, iTheatre or CenterStage, or any of the frontends from my list here:
http://eirikso.com/2005/10/25/the-media-center-software-list/

The IR sensor is facing the ground, I assume, this can lead to some problems of sensibility with the remote control. I suggest you could add a tiny mirror (at 45°) do ease IR communication:
| Mac Mini The problem: leave room
|_______R___ to still be able to load
| the DVD/CD...
WALL |
| mirror

WOW!!!...

Clean Simple and Sweet... I agree well done...

hobbes.. and.. hopefully the IR sensor can detect the remote..

*ahem

This is the closest i've ever seen to the thing I want most of all from apple!!!!! The Apple T.V.
Apple T.V. with slot-load superdrive, and the apple T.V. remote! Imigine for a second, a cool apple T.V. with the as yet unreleased Front-Row tv edition. Apple tv service, and finally a house/main room with 1 (not 4/not 5), just 1 remote :)

Am I missing something? By the way the Apple logo is oriented the DVD slot in on the bottom of the mini. Wouldn't the DVD disc just fall off when ejected?