RE: Cheapo media player.

Author: Gary Jeurink

Posted: 2013-01-09 at 21:04:25

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=320

try this

-----Original Message-----

From: Ken Dibble [mailto:krdibble@stny.rr.com]

Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 8:02 PM

To: profox@leafe.com

Subject: Re: Cheapo media player.

>Well, I hear the XBMC folks are working on a version for Android, but it's

>still under active development, I hear.

>

>I'm not endorsing the AppleTV as the best solution, but it's in that price

>range ($89-$99), so I'm sure there are other small WiFi-enabled

>computer-like devices that should be able to do what you want (maybe Roku?)

More research suggests that there is no such thing as a stick PC running

any OS that has a full-featured web browser that supports Flash.

And as I've said, I've already got a "smart TV" that can get streaming

stuff from the internet and can run all kinds of paid apps. But apparently

a "smart TV" is too smart to run stupid old ordinary free Hulu, or a really

useable web browser. So...

Maybe the next option is to use the TV as a dumb audio/visual terminal to

run input from my computer. If that's an option, then here's my situation:

The SONY Bravia TV has three HDMI inputs and I'm only using one. The TV

does accept WiFi--that's how it accesses Netflix, using my cable internet

connection via my WiFi router.

BUT, the TV does not have a direct digital WiFi interface. It can't be

controlled by my computer.

I don't have a home network and I don't really want to set one up to do

this.

So, if I hang a USB WiFi dongle off my PC and install some kind of server

software, is there some kind of WiFi HDMI device that I can plug into the

TV that will accept audio/visual input from my PC and put it on the TV? If

so, what do I need to know about screen resolution issues so I don't have a

grainy image on this 46" TV?

Thanks for any help.

Ken Dibble

www.stic-cil.org

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