I ran a windows pc connected to a tv for a while and ultimately decided that it was a lot of upkeep and hassle. Some of it was that I was using one of those inf

I ran a windows pc connected to a tv for a while and ultimately decided that it was a lot of upkeep and hassle. Some of it was that I was using one of those infinitv cable card tuners with windows media center. But a lot of it was the pain of managing upgrades, and dealing with wake/sleep with an ir receiver. It was just always a lot of work. So I moved to an Apple TV and a server running freenas. Any computer-y stuff basically involves the Apple TV talking to the nas, and I can admin the nas over web ui and ssh. I'm sure you can get remote admin setup with windows for similar experience, but having been on both sides, stuff breaks down all the time on windows and it's just a less-than-stellar OS for the tv.