Well, here’s a nice Christmas surprise from Dell:
This is the $250 model, sans DVD player. The $300 DMA 2200, with DVD, is listed as shipping in 1-2 weeks. I just placed my order and got a confirmation that the unit will ship on December 27. We’ll see. If all goes well it will be here sometime next week
I checked a few other suppliers and found that Computers4Sure claims to have the DMA 2100 in stock as well, at the same price and also with free shipping.
Ed Bott (@ wordpress.com) 
Ed,
Just out of curiosity, why wouldn’t you just get an Xbox 360 Arcade, assuming you have a wired connection? I can see why if you are using wireless since the wireless Xbox adapter is an additional $60.
Regards,
MH
Marcus, I already have two xbox 360s used as extenders. The spousal acceptance factor is near zero because of the horrendous noise they make. The fanless Linksys boxes should be a big improvement. And there’s also presumably less latency. Currently when we start the xbox we have to wait for the xbox console to load, then for it to auto-load my xbox live account, then finally to connect to the Media Center. With an extender, that should be cut by half.