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Absolute best streaming media settop box?

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slackerinabox

Lifer
My plex server (from mac maini to apple tv) setup works pretty well, but fails often enough to be an annoyance, what's a bullet proof box that's at least somewhat wife friendly? I remember the WD LIVE being stable but the organization was terrible (often time file names were cut off making it very hard to identify things). Index, titles with pretty info would be nice but not crucial.

Thanks!
 
i have a pair of WD boxes.... really like them. Not sure if they are the absolute best, but I am happy with them
 
Don't know how long it's been since you've used the WDTV boxes but the ugrade to the Mochi interface on the newest Live and Live Hub is pretty intuitive and if you set up the media library from your network shares it's a pretty attractive way to scroll through your library. It'll autopopulate most metadata, thumbnails and backdrops.

Is it the best? That's subjective. The pricier Dune HD box supports some audio formats like True-HD that the WD boxes don't, but you could buy 3 WD Live boxes for the price of 1 Dune HD. I couldn't tell you how the interface compares, but my 7 year old figured out the WD in about 2.3 minutes and the WAF was pretty high for my Live Hub. The Boxee Box seemed pretty smooth, too, but didn't do anything I needed that the WD didn't do for less.

You may want to look into the Mede8er and Popcorn Hour boxes, too. Stay away from the Pivos boxes. They are a geeks dream but the interface is just awful.
 
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