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  • 31-12-2010 6:16pm
    #1
    CR 7
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    I've been thinking about a few different set ups to have all TVs in the house connected to a media player of some sort. There's 2 LCD TVs, one with USB port, one with only HDMI. One of the LCDs has an Xbox 360 connected, and the other has a Wii. All 3 will be within range of a router.

    Option 1: I've considered just using two of these, and the other TV has an Xbox 360 connected, streaming TVersity from a PC.

    TV1: Iomega Screenplay Pro HD
    TV2: Iomega Screenplay Pro HD
    TV3: Xbox 360/(USB - Hard drive to be added later)

    That would cover everything as far as I can tell, as the different TVs will be used for different video genres. So they don't need to be all fed from one common source.

    Option 2: Another option is to use this, which would still require two network linked media players anyway, and I'm not fully sure exactly what I'd need for this.

    Network Hard Drive -> Router -> TVs - All 2 fed by Media player streaming from Network Hard Drive.


    At the moment I'm almost convinced the first option is best. Anyone know any better/cheaper option to meet my needs?

    Also, is my understanding of how these things function correct? Haven't really researched all these new media players enough.


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  • #2
    BionicRasher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,832 ✭✭✭BionicRasher


    How about one of these as the main hub http://www.ebuyer.com/product/225755 add some storage to it e.g 1TB usb drive

    Then with your Wii plugged into the 2nd TV and running ORB http://www.orb.com/gamers/wii.htm you can stream anything from the Revo/1TB drive to the 2nd TV
    I dont have any experience on the Xbox but i presume you can get that set up on the other TV to stream stuff too.

    Basically have the Acer Revo pluged in to the main TV and bobs your uncle - you can stream stuff to the Wii and Xbox from that. Also the Acer Revo will act as a home PC too and you can stream live TV to your main TV via an interface like Boxeehttp://www.boxee.tv/make

    I would stay away from an Iomega - its really basic and the user inteface is crap. I do see however that they will be using a Boxee interface soon so thats way better but the newer version of the Iomega looks like it will be expensive and is not very customizable unlike the Acer Revo


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