Apple Thoughts: Home Theater and Your Mac Mini

"The Mac mini has always been the perfect form factor for a media center appliance (often called a Home Theater PC/HTPC). It's extremely small, almost completely silent and it can easily blend into an existing electronics shelf - or be hidden away completely."

This is a pretty complete article if you are interesting in setting up your Mac Mini for your home theater. It covers the hardware you have available, software choices, software settings and even remote options. The perspective is from someone that has just gone through the setup process, so at the very least it can help you avoid some of the pitfalls you might have encountered.