Most people who read here or are involved with the HTPC community in any way know most of the options out there. For those looking to get started you may have heard of Windows Media Center and maybe SageTV, two of the bigger players in the market. What you may not know is that there are a ton of options out there.
Luckily, if you are looking for a free alternative solution to some of the bigger softwares out there, the Telematics Freedom Foundation’s “Freedom Box Project,” has put together a white paper comparing Boxee, Elisa, Entertainer, Freevo, MediaPortal, My Media System, MythTV, Neuros OSD, Plex, and XBMC. There are also comparisons for all in one solutions such as Mythbuntu. The paper is available in PDF format for download. For more information as well as links to download the whitepaper, please visit DeviceGuru.
Take a look at the video put together by the foundation:
