MorphOS ahead of AROS?

[HenryCase]

2 ps3's 1 htpc, 2 hdhomerun boxes, 3 xbox360's.  1 Media server

Nice.

It's not about hooking up a hdmi cable.   It's the fact that I only setup my home theater once period.   I don't have to touch it again.   so by your own logic hooking up a laptop is more work.

You don't have to touch the cables, but you do have to setup the video stream each time. As I said before, probably looking at similar setup time (about 30 seconds I reckon).

Anyway, horses for courses and all that jazz, do whatever works for you. Sounds like you've got a nice home media setup, what software does the HTPC run? Also, what's the media server? I've been putting together plans for some HTPC goodness, so it'd be good to share notes.

EDIT: Just to say, my current plans are along the lines of Intel ION-based PC running the Ion build of OpenElec http://openelec.tv/ , once they've made their XBMC Eden-based release. I've also been thinking about how I can use some Raspberry Pi as media centre devices, giving them away as presents to friends. Possibly using them as network-connected radio/music streamers.

[HenryCase]

The htpc is simply a XBMC box in my living room.   As for my media server it's a headless ubuntu box sitting in a closet that I store my ripped blurays on.   each hdhomerun has 2 tvtuners this gives me 4 tuners I can watch pause play with. I do it this way so I don't have to lug anything from room to room.   If you want more details pm me and we can discuss further.

Ah, I see, cool. With regards to your media server running Ubuntu, just in case you didn't know Plex Media Server (which can run on Ubuntu) now supports DLNA, so you can stream direct to any modern TV in your house (if you have a network connection to them of course):
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/30/plex-media-server-beta-dlna-wp7/
http://www.plexapp.com/getplex/

News only came out about a week ago, thought it was worth sharing.

EDIT: Serviio is another option for this:
http://www.serviio.org/