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Streaming to TV

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  • 09-03-2009 1:08pm
    #1
    velocirafter
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭


    I'm thinking of getting a drobo and a droboshare to use as central storage for movies and music. Does anyone know of a clever way to stream this to the tv, some kind of inline box that connects to the network and into the scart or whatever...

    Have I just found a gap in the market and exposed my unpatented idea to the world??? :eek:


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    matrim
    Registered Users Posts: 7,517 ✭✭✭matrim


    I only took a quick look but it looks just like a network share to me.

    There are numerous ways to play stuff stored on a hard drive \ network share to pc.

    USB hard drive - you can use something like http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=408560
    Networks share- I use an original XBox with XBMC installed. You can pick one up for about 15 euro and it only takes about an hour to install


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    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,249 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    There are external media drives out there that can just stream to a TV via a gui built into it.


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    #4
    velocirafter
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭velocirafter


    I know about the whole media harddrive thing. I'm able to stream from my external harddrive through my laptop to the tv and we have a media harddrive in the house.

    I'm looking for somthing that will allow me stream from a network drive direct to the tv. It would allow me to download movies/songs/whatever, save them to drobo over the network and then anyone in the house can access them at any time and i could stream a movie from the network straight onto the tv


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    matrim
    Registered Users Posts: 7,517 ✭✭✭matrim


    As I mentioned I use an xbox with XBMC for this but you could try something like
    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=345557&view=detailed#ProductTabs
    or
    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=428978

    I haven't used either so don't know about quality etc


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    #6
    velocirafter
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭velocirafter


    cheers that looks along the right lines, the xbox could be a realistic option also


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    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    +1 for XBMC, exactly what You need, You'll pickup an Xbox for €20


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    matrim
    Registered Users Posts: 7,517 ✭✭✭matrim


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    +1 for XBMC, exactly what You need, You'll pickup an Xbox for €20

    About the only thing it's missing is HD playback, but it does play almost every format you can throw at it.


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    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    matrim wrote: »
    About the only thing it's missing is HD playback, but it does play almost every format you can throw at it.

    And opens files faster than windows itself


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    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    I used an Xbox for over a year for streaming - worked a treat. Then I got a taste for HD so built a HTPC instead. But if Standard def is enough then XBMC is the winner.


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