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After scouring the world wide internetz I need some assistance. I have a Mac Mini hooked up to my 52" Samsung. I am looking for a front end or something that can do two main things:
1. Allow me to surf from 10 feet away without using glasses and/or squinting. I have searched for something like this for hours and I cannot find anything. Basically like a web browser with a Front Row/Plex/Boxee feel. I can jack up the font in the browser, but I cannot see things like the address bar and icons very well. Maybe a Firefox add on? Maybe a browser made to be used from the couch?
2. Allow me to see my music like Front Row/Plex/Boxee, but at the same time let me search for music with a keyboard. I also need to "queue" things and not just have them start playing when I select them. I can use iTunes or something, but I need something made to be used from the couch. After having Sonos I am totally spoiled with the queuing and searching. Sonos Desktop is also too small to use from the couch (not to mention I need to change the audio when I go back and forth from music and other things as the Mac cannot be a "zone" for the Sonos).
Edit: I did just figure out how to queue in Plex. Getting closer!
It seems like Front Row/Plex/Boxee have 95% of what I need. It is the other 5% that is really making me ticked off. I just want to sit from the couch and browse the web and play tunes without squinting. I have so many songs I cannot scroll through the dang artists every single time I am looking for something. I always have a keyboard and mouse on the coffee table so I do not need something that can be totally controlled by the remote. I have seen some people make playlists grouping artists like "A-C" and "D-F" etc., but this is unacceptable to me.
Any ideas would be GREATLY appreciated. This is really getting to me! Other than that I love having an additional Mac connected to the TV at all times! Thanks again!
1. Allow me to surf from 10 feet away without using glasses and/or squinting. I have searched for something like this for hours and I cannot find anything. Basically like a web browser with a Front Row/Plex/Boxee feel. I can jack up the font in the browser, but I cannot see things like the address bar and icons very well. Maybe a Firefox add on? Maybe a browser made to be used from the couch?
2. Allow me to see my music like Front Row/Plex/Boxee, but at the same time let me search for music with a keyboard. I also need to "queue" things and not just have them start playing when I select them. I can use iTunes or something, but I need something made to be used from the couch. After having Sonos I am totally spoiled with the queuing and searching. Sonos Desktop is also too small to use from the couch (not to mention I need to change the audio when I go back and forth from music and other things as the Mac cannot be a "zone" for the Sonos).
Edit: I did just figure out how to queue in Plex. Getting closer!
It seems like Front Row/Plex/Boxee have 95% of what I need. It is the other 5% that is really making me ticked off. I just want to sit from the couch and browse the web and play tunes without squinting. I have so many songs I cannot scroll through the dang artists every single time I am looking for something. I always have a keyboard and mouse on the coffee table so I do not need something that can be totally controlled by the remote. I have seen some people make playlists grouping artists like "A-C" and "D-F" etc., but this is unacceptable to me.
Any ideas would be GREATLY appreciated. This is really getting to me! Other than that I love having an additional Mac connected to the TV at all times! Thanks again!
