Anibal Pacheco's List: Media Centers

A lot of your favorite shows and movies are already available on the Internet. Boxee is a device that finds them and puts them on your TV. It's easy to use and even better, there's no monthly fee.

Access TED Talks, Open Source Courseware and other educational resources using the app feature.

Media Companion is the original FREE to use movie manager and organizer that offers full XBMC integration. Simply put, Media Companion offers the facility to gather information from the Internet and make this information available to you in an organized manner. The information collected includes such things as posters, backdrops, plot summary, actors and actor images, ratings etc.

Plex Media Server seamlessly connects your Plex clients with all of your local and online media. The combination of centralized library management, streaming of online content, and powerful transcoding functionality provides an unrivaled level of flexibility and ease of use.

QVIVO is a set of apps that keeps your entire media library in sync across multiple devices through the QVIVO Cloud.

XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. Get access to Academic Earth, CNN, FOX, Khan Academy, Nasa, Vimeo, YouTube and other educational resources using the Add-ons feature.

Add-ons are packages that add features and functions not normally included with XBMC. Add-ons are are developed by persons on the XBMC-team and third-parties. Add-ons provide extra value and flexibility by making it easy for programmers to add new functions to the program. There are many XBMC add-ons including; plugins, scripts, skins, and EventClients.