Using a computer in the living room as a home media center and even as a TiVo-like appliance is nothing new. It just requires a little elbow grease and a few bucks. The tools are all there, but it’s not necessarily an easy and cheap thing to go.

Enter the Mac Mini, being reborn in January, and perhaps as the ultimate home entertainment unit? And a “TiVo Killer?” While I doubt the latter claim, the possibility is intriguing. If the Mac Mini came standard with everything needed to be it’s own little DVR and I didn’t need to pay a monthly fee to use it, it would be the kind of thing to bear serious consideration.

Think Secret - Road to Expo: Reborn Mac mini set to take over the living room

Apple’s Mac mini will be reborn as the digital hub centerpiece it was originally conceived to be, Think Secret sources have disclosed. The new Mac mini project, code-named Kaleidoscope, will feature an Intel processor and include both Front Row 2.0 and TiVo-like DVR functionality.

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