Posts by Irishdoom

Wow, old thread! I did use MOCA with Comcast for a time and it worked out well. I did buy a house last year, however, and now have a hard wired Gigabit network.

Well, you've decided already then. I would have suggested a Passive 3D set. I think the "full HD" tradeoff is worth the ease of having a bunch of friends over to watch Avatar 3D without having to invest a couple hundred more in glasses....

The problem is definitely that wireless connection you are using. You need to upgrade the connection in some way, whether that is a new Wireless N router, a set of MoCA or Powerline Adapters, or running ethernet cable. Powerline: How...

Quote:Originally Posted by MishMouse I tried to share the Go Flex on my wireless network but it was way to slow, the DSL router from the phone company is only G so streaming movies from the computer to the router then out to another...

If you had ever tried the Boxee, I think you would see how the WDTV falls woefully short in that area - or at least it has so far with me.

I have very similar hopes for a media streamer, and have been looking at it myself for some time. I only recently retired my Boxee Box (which is still the BEST in terms of the automatic scraping you talk about - but can't handle HD...

It's funny, I barely used my Boxee for anything outside of local playback anymore. There was a time when it was my primary Netflix box too, but then the PS3 Netflix overtook it in functionality. And I'm still shocked it never got Hulu...

Quote:Originally Posted by Brajesh Same here. I have 3 Boxee's and will likely get rid of them on eBay. It's sad, as even w/o the HD audio fix, I would've kept them for family and kids use as the UI is much better compared to other...

I just recently disconnected my Boxee Box from the main TV. It's sitting on the counter gathering dust for right now. It seemed to be having more and more problems as time went on. It no longer powered off unless I pulled the power...

Quote:Originally Posted by WDFan1970 I think you're looking at rather dated information. Don't use "folder.jpg" files. Use "moviename.metathumb" files. For example: Star Trek.mkv Star Trek.metathumb