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Tim Watts wrote:
On 03/04/14 06:28, lid wrote:
Chromecast? Start iplayer/YouTube/Netflix stuff on your phone then send to
the TV. I use Bubble UPNP to send videos from my dlna nas to the TV.
No - really needs to be stand alone.
I did consider that, but then everyone wants my phone when they want to
watch something. Same problem with hooking up my phone via an HDMI adaptor.
Have you looked into Roku? Again, I'm not sure exactly what you're
looking for, but Roku is pretty great. I've got a NAS at home (FreeNaS
bought from iXsystems), which offers the PlexMediaServer as a plug in.
You put all your local content on the NAS and push it through the Roku
to your television.
That's all I use it for, since here in Senegal most of the good
"channels" aren't available to me due to IP address or due to wimpy
bandwidth. But the Roku has a ton of channels on offer as well. Check
into it to see which ones you want. Offhand I don't think the BBC
iplayer is one of them.
I did some research before settling on the NAS+Roku with Plex solution,
and it seems a lot of Apple TV people aren't feeling overly thrilled
with it.