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What to consider with a TV mainly for MC DLNA playback?
MrHaugen:
Aaah. Well. It's been delayed. Invested in a new receiver instead.
I'll tell you my experience when I finally purchase the right hardware ;) I fear it will be a few months though.
InflatableMouse:
Argh you're killing me. Here I thought I could sit back let you do all the work and come back with the ultimate TV for my bedroom. ;) ;D
BillyBoyBlue:
--- Quote from: InflatableMouse on January 24, 2013, 03:21:19 pm ---Argh you're killing me. Here I thought I could sit back let you do all the work and come back with the ultimate TV for my bedroom. ;) ;D
--- End quote ---
I recently picked up a Samsung Sync Master HDTV TB300 24 inch LCD for just over $200. Works fine with DLNA, its built-in USB to play off external drives directly, easily connects to a wireless network and is a good size, but not too big for a bedroom. I currently have it hooked up to a Western Digital WD live.
jmone:
I was hoping to use the WD TV Live on the back of a normal monitor to stream from MC over DLNA as it looks good and works great.... but the ()@#&% think keeps dropping out for exactly this. So for now I just prop my 10.1 Galaxy Note on the running machine, pair it with some noise cancelling headsets and watch "The Walking Dead" while running (gives plenty of incentive not to slow down and is a good 40min workout)!
I wish I could get the WD TV Live to run correctly as they are cheap and so are 20"+ screens - would make a great combo....if it worked!
BillyBoyBlue:
WD Live streams fine WITHOUT MC. What I do is simply plug it into a tv or monitor, switch to the correct input source and bam, you're done. IF there's an advantage to combining MC and WD to work as a "renderer", I haven't found it and no post I've read explains any advantage either. If such a post exists, somebody enlighten me.
In fact I find MC "dumb" in some regards with respect to playing back files in that you need to add files to the database FIRST, which for some purposes is fine, but a pain in the butt for others. WD simply scans whatever file source you have it can play and shows still images, video and music files and just plays them. No muss, no fuss. Isn't that what most REALLY want?
As far as DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) that is just another poorly thought out sometimes even worse implemented scheme that may or may not work as excepted, just like firewire, USB, and any number of other so-called "standards" have their flaws and pitfalls. Read that to mean DLNA works to verying degrees depending on the devices claiming to support it. You best bet getting DLNA to work is look for "DLNA Certified" on both player (ie WD Live) and the device (televison/monitor you expect to play files on.
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