That makes a lot of sense. I think it would make a great HTPC.
Is steam's in-home streaming any good these days? I'm probably still better off just using a 10m HDMI cable connected to my desktop pc, yeah? I wish there was a way to have plasma desktop at the desk and a separate 10ft interface at the TV which are mutually exclusive, like using RDP or something (I know it's not FOSS, it's just better than VNC.)