The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Dave Liquorice wrote:

Just thought of another use with the addition of a USB DSAT or
DDTV dongle. An off air digital radio receiver so one doesn't need
the telly on. Controlable over its ethernet port via a web interface
(one assumes the linux it comes with has a web server?).

Even if it didn't, getting a web server on it would be easy.

This could be expanded to an internet radio as well if one wasn't
worried about gobbling up (possibly expensive) internet bandwidth.

no FLASH plugins - so no web radio IIRC.

My AV receiver can pull in internet streams in AAC format, as can
various web-radios, here are playlists that "point" to BBC radio streams
courtesy of Micheal Chare ...

BBC 1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r1_aaclca.pls
BBC 1Xtra http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r1x_aaclca.pls
BBC 2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r2_aaclca.pls
BBC 3 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r3_aaclca.pls
BBC 4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4_aaclca.pls
BBC 4 Extra http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r7_aaclca.pls
BBC 5 Live http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r5l_aaclca.pls
BBC 5 Live Sports Extra http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/list/live/r5l_aaclca.pls
BBC 6 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r6_aaclca.pls

VLC plays them without issue