Your Microsoft Xbox is a great gaming platform, but it also has the capability to do much more. What a bargain it would be if you could use it as a digital media player, serving up MP3 files across the network, perhaps with nice videos on the high-definition outputs. All this becomes possible with just two things. First, you need to get a copy of the free Xbox Media Player, which lets you play DVDs, Internet Radio, MP3 files, etc. Second, the hard part: you need to get an Xbox Modchip, which lets you bypass Microsoft’s security restrictions and do as you please with your hard-purchased computer.

Version 2.3 is shipping as of February 15, 2003.

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