burners?

[glen]

I suppose once I am set up for it, I can play stuff on my desktop computer and have the TV hooked up to it.

Currently, I think the best way for me to do that is to burn things on the PC onto dvd or blu-ray - then play that media on the blu-ray player attached to the TV.

Or is there a different and better format?

What things do I need to consider?

Currently, my other option is to play things on my laptop, and run an HDMI out to the hometheater.

Of course, that is a bit limited becasue the laptop graphics are a bit weak so a lot of scenes sort of jitter when there is a pan.

The main sort of thinngs I am talking about are typically UK shows like TopGear and Downton Abbey.

 

[sdifox]

err, no. just use hdds


I have like 400 DVD-Rs collecting dust. Yes, unopened.

 

[glen]

what is hdds?
I will go off to google/wiki

 

[sdifox]

what is hdds?
I will go off to google/wiki

hard disk drives.


just wait a couple of months and the new multi core android computers are gonna be out and you just buy one of those, set up file server and just stream. or don't wait and buy the single core one.


talking about these things

http://www.amazon.com/MK802-Android-...droid+computer


<-- this dude has 15TB


my brother just picked up a 3TB USB3.0 ext hdd for 150 bux... more or less 638 single layer DVD-Rs...

 

[Anubis]

how did you get 15k posts and not know what HDDs shoot for?

anyway best way is just to leave them on the computer and stream them over the network to your TV, most new blu-ray players can do this, or you can use your xbox/ps3 to do it with a program like tversity or PS3 media server

 

[glen]

I dont think my blu-ray player will do it.
it may be time to upgrade. I am also not sure my net work will. I can't even get the wireless printer to work reliably.

 

[sdifox]

I dont think my blu-ray player will do it.
it may be time to upgrade. I am also not sure my net work will. I can't even get the wireless printer to work reliably.

no hardwire? :biggrin:


ghetto way is to walk your ext hdd to the computer near tv.

It's called Sneakernet :whiste:

 

[glen]

So basically, there are BLu-ray players that can read a hard drive?
What is that feature called?

 

[sdifox]

So basically, there are BLu-ray players that can read a hard drive?
What is that feature called?

I didn't say that... there are plenty of blue ray player that would access DLNA content. your computer can serve up DLNA content.

http://www.techradar.com/news/digit...-what-it-is-and-what-you-need-to-know-1079015