Media Server
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Media Server Ideas
The idea is to use something like a Raspberry Pi to run a Media Server. To store movies and TV shows on it so that the Family can watch them when they want.
If the same server can be used to process/download Bit Torrents that would be a bonus since it could be used to keep current with TV shows.
Plex
XBMC
XBox Media Center is something that I played with in its early days. Haven't looked at it in quite a while.