Well, I took the plunge and opted for a base model Mini as several people in the know have said that it would easily cope with HD movies etc so there was little point in going any higher.  I pick it up from work tomorrow.  I also bought Applecare having been burnt once before by a laptop that was out of warranty.  My new BV-7 is still a few weeks away! With just the HDMI connector I hope to be able to watch recorded Eye-Tv programmes  and downloaded tv shows etc on the new tv.  I hope it can be as simple as that!  Cliff

Look forward to hearing how it goes.

OK, the plot so far! I've now got my Mac Mini configured and registered with Apple.  Plus I've paired it with a Mighty Mouse and a wireless keyboard.  I've downloaded Plex and paid for and downloaded Linkplayer as ordered to by Ed.  Everything now awaits the boys from Graham Donald's company to set up my BV-7 that is being delivered this coming thursday and for them to run an ethernet cable from my study and it's iMac to the mini at the other end of the house.  The cable tv people are arriving on tuesday to change my set-top box for a digital receiver and recorder ready to be fitted to the BV-7.  All that remains is for me to be helped to configure the mini to work on the tv and to be shown how to use Plex and Linkplayer.......over to you, Ed!!!  Fingers crossed!!  Clifft

clifft wrote:

over to you, Ed!!!

Hope today's Camberwell visit went well ... wish I could be there on Thursday, but we will catch-up at the Melbourne event 

Ed~2

Cliff, you have a Beoport box as well?

p.

Phil, no I haven't because I only want to use the mini to watch Eye Tv recordings, recordings from dvds ripped to my iMac and any movies obtained from torrent sites.  I was assured by the B & O shop that with the new mini and its hdmi connection that I didn't need a beoport especially as I wasn't interested in accessing NMusic.  PLEASE don't tell me they are wrong!  Clifft

Hi Cliff,

behind your back (so to speak) Phil and I exchanged emails about your installation last night.

Between the two of us we will sort out what you need, but I do think I may need to make a house call rather than coach you over the phone.

I will call you at a more sensible hour on Sunday morning :)

I'm looking forward to your visit asap!!!  Hopefully we'll quickly nut this out and I can extend my tenure as a couch potato!!  We can then transpose the solution to Dylan in Perth!  Regards, Cliff  ps my wife is great at home baking!!

Hope it goes well Cliff - my BV7 hopefully also arrives this week. However large tax bill may delay MacMini purchase for month or two 😮

Well, you have read my saga so far of my new BV-7 on the main site.  The Mac Mini is faring much better.  The boys installed it to the back of the set but couldn't get a picture!!!  Much fiddling around plus a phone call to Ed didn't help at all plus they were getting more and more tired after a frustrating days work.  Then, they discovered they hadn't plugged the HDMI cable in!!!  Success at last!!  Great picture of Mini desktop on the set.  Ed very kindly gave up his saturday and drove up to my place 1 1/2 hours away to make a house-call. He got the Linkplayer and Plex to work somewhat and I can access my EyeTv downloads, my internet movies and any movies I have ripped off from DVD's.  All play beautifuly on the BV-7 which is what I wanted!!  There are still come glitches such as not getting Linkplayer to display the menu but I am confident that Ed and Phillipe can fix that!! Also, I transferred some of my iTunes from my iMac to the iTunes of the Mini and they came across well but when I tried with a few more, even though I placed them in the same music folder they don't show up!!  That I am certain can be fixed with a bit of advice!  There is also an issue with N Music and N Radio playing easily when the tv picture is on but not when off.  Still the set-up with the Mini is looking like it will come right.  Many thanks, Ed and Phillipe!!