Best streaming device for tv?

PeterDuggan

Leaving aside the geo-blocking issues, what's the best device to watch RTE player, BBC player, etc and other online streaming services on a tv set?

Colmo52

Laptop to tv via hdmi.

PeterDuggan

Sorry my laptop has no hdmi output.

Colmo52

Vga and audio port then.

M cebee

ps3 is great for netflix
costs a few bob

PeterDuggan

Colmo52 wrote: »

Vga and audio port then.

Can they be connected to a tv?

M cebee

what sort of tv have you

an lcd will have vga and hdmi

if it's an old crt i suppose you can try composite to scart

Skinfull

M cebee wrote: »

ps3 is great for netflix
costs a few bob

Gotta be a PS3. Apart from the blu yay goodness, and the netflix stuff, if you DL an app called TWONKY or TVERSITY and install it on your PC / Lappy then all you need to do is point it to the folder where you store all your media, turn on your PS3, it will find your virtual server (if not you can tell it to search) and then you pick the folder out and viola you can see all the media you want to stream.

Very little lag issues (especially when I switched to Twonky, though my friend swears by Tversity) and an almost perfect stream.

*Both of these apps are available for free in...certan places on t'inernet

PeterDuggan

M cebee wrote: »

what sort of tv have you
an lcd will have vga and hdmi
if it's an old crt i suppose you can try composite to scart

I have an lcd with hdmi and scart input - no vga afaik.

My family use Apple TV, which is a pretty excellent device and lets you access Netflix.

M cebee

PeterDuggan wrote: »

I have an lcd with hdmi and scart input - no vga afaik.

usually afaik there's a pc/vga input on them

should be no bother connecting the laptop



xbox is good too and can be got cheap-maybe 100 euro