Anybody on the forum got a media centre?

I'm looking to build one for the lounge to have under the TV for music (I have a surround system linked to the TV so anything piped to the tele can be played out of the amp), pictures, Bluray etc etc, no need for viewing card or recording.

Any suggestions on case (with remote?), Motherboard with onboard GPU with HDMI 1080 output, CPU. Was thinking of a small SSD for OS and a HDD for storage.

Any suggestion would be appreciated

I have many at home (almost one per room).
Antec fusion is a good case, so is the fusion mini. Although I ditch the supplied remotes & replace them with Microsoft ones (or linksys/hp ones from ebay).

Mobo doesn't matter too much, a dual core almost anything will do it & an ATi 5450 for the gpu (outputs Dolby HD audio over hdmi). 4GB RAM & you're laughing.
IF you want bluray then also budget for Arcsoft Total Media as the powerDVD supplied with most BR drives is pants & doesn't work with AVR's.

Asus ION mini-ITX should do you fine as it offloads the decoding to the onboard Nvidia 9400

I have one with a DVB-S card for freesat HD and it handles it fine

Cheers guys for your feedback