Basically you are putting on a distro that comes with XBMC. Its a good write-up UNLESS you have an oddball remote you are trying to attach, using analog video out, using analog sound out. So, harder to do to attach this to the old boob tube TVs 🙁
http://www.howtogeek.com/163541/build-a-35-media-center-with-raspbmc-and-raspberry-pi-redux/