mdesmarais
Active Member
You really need to shop at the distance you are going to view at.
Stream hard drive movies to new TV
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rusgrafx
Member
There's one other option - it's called PlayOn. It can on-the-fly trans-code your local files to whatever format TV understands, as long as your TV supports DLNA/UPNP. The catch is you will need a pretty solid server to convert HD contents on-the-fly. But I agree with other posters, external box is a better (and in most cases cheaper) way to go.
By the way, the latest release of PlayOn supports AirPlay (thou, I haven't upgraded to it yet), so a tiny AppleTV box glued to the back of the TV should not compromise aesthetics and will cover most of your viewing needs (unless you want to stream Blu-ray movies). FYI: AirPlay allows you to select a movie on the Mac/iPod/iPhone/iPad and "push" it to AppleTV for playback.
P.S. For now I'm still waiting for untethered jailbreak for my ATV2.
By the way, the latest release of PlayOn supports AirPlay (thou, I haven't upgraded to it yet), so a tiny AppleTV box glued to the back of the TV should not compromise aesthetics and will cover most of your viewing needs (unless you want to stream Blu-ray movies). FYI: AirPlay allows you to select a movie on the Mac/iPod/iPhone/iPad and "push" it to AppleTV for playback.
P.S. For now I'm still waiting for untethered jailbreak for my ATV2.
tmbrown97
Senior Member
This trend irritates the hell out of me... Neither my wife or I can see in 3D (odd, but we only see things flat) - so this is such a waste to us. Sucks for our kids who may have better eyes!
When I put on a pair of 3D glasses, things look exactly the same as without them - shadowy and weird and unwatchable. Try watching with one eye closed; that's what we see.
Make good movies; don't make bad movies 3D... please.
/Soapbox.
pete_c
Guru
BTW -
I am now using 5 NMT's and each have 1TB drives in them. I also have one server running both Tversity and Playon TV. This combo is working just fine for me. The video library (which kind of floats) is at about 1200 DiVx and HD movies. I can stream just fine in HD. I still though utilize Tivo's in the home for recordings and streaming recording videos. If I want to save anything from the Tivos I have the choice of that and occassionally I still do this. The streaming of the Playon variety works just fine for me.
I do see issues ahead though in that many ISPs are starting to cap their monthly data flow. At this point its not an issue; but say if you are a netflix addict it may become an issue. I think there will be a trend towards "a la carte" TV sometime in the future. I personally consider the data coming to the house just another utility wire (like gas, electric, telephone, etc).
I am now using 5 NMT's and each have 1TB drives in them. I also have one server running both Tversity and Playon TV. This combo is working just fine for me. The video library (which kind of floats) is at about 1200 DiVx and HD movies. I can stream just fine in HD. I still though utilize Tivo's in the home for recordings and streaming recording videos. If I want to save anything from the Tivos I have the choice of that and occassionally I still do this. The streaming of the Playon variety works just fine for me.
I do see issues ahead though in that many ISPs are starting to cap their monthly data flow. At this point its not an issue; but say if you are a netflix addict it may become an issue. I think there will be a trend towards "a la carte" TV sometime in the future. I personally consider the data coming to the house just another utility wire (like gas, electric, telephone, etc).
