[reddice]

I started out with the PS3 then I got the Roku 3. Sold it stupidly to buy a Apple TV then I bought another Roku 3 then a Chromecast. Now I have my Apple TV connected again.


I even have to use a switch because of all the devices I have hooked up and I am out of ports.

• Dish Network 612 DVR on a Kinivo Switch port 1 hooked up to HDMI port 1 on my TV.
• PS3 on a Kinivo Switch port 2 hooked up to HDMI port 1 on my TV.
• Chromecast on Kinivo Switch port 3 hooked up to HDMI port 1 on my TV.
• Roku 3 hooked up to HDMI port 2 on my TV.
• Apple TV hooked up to HDMI port 3 on my TV.

That's a lot.

 

[Jim McC]

I must ask WHY are you doing that? I just use my Pan. Blu-ray player.

 

[mailiang]



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Originally Posted by Jim McC  /t/1522237/how-many-streaming-devices-do-you-have-hooked-up-to-your-tv/0_100#post_24473533


I must ask WHY are you doing that? I just use my Pan. Blu-ray player.

Good question. That being said, I have three devices that can stream with in my media room. I use my smart TV which can only stream major sites like Neflix, Vudu, Amazon, etc..., my Roku which I usually use for VOD ( HBO Go, Showtime Anywhere, Fox TV..) and my BD player, which I have recently disconnected from my network, since I no longer need to use it for that purpose. My bedroom TV streams through my BD player only.



Ian

 

[lovinthehd]

In my living room on my main setup I use a PS3; while the tv is "smart" the apps don't have multi-ch sound. I use Netflix or Amazon for the most part and for movies. I have DirecTv which generally has much better delivery than anything I can get on the internet (we're limited to dsl service here but even when I had higher speed cable internet in my previous locale the internet services just weren't that high quality or consistent....buffering drives me nuts). Bedroom uses a bluray player's apps. If I didn't have a bluray player with built in apps I might consider a stand-alone device otherwise don't see what they offer that the players don't, so maybe I'll learn something here. The only thing that might be interesting that I've heard of is the casting feature of something like Chromecast but still doubt I'd find much use for that...

 

[reddice]



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Originally Posted by Jim McC  /t/1522237/how-many-streaming-devices-do-you-have-hooked-up-to-your-tv#post_24473533


I must ask WHY are you doing that? I just use my Pan. Blu-ray player.

Because some devices perform better than others. Also my PS3 and the Roku 3 are the only services with Amazon Instant.

Also you see I also have a S5100 BluRay player but it is my grandmothers hooked up to her TV so she can watch Netflix.

 

[andyross63]

My first streamer was the TV itself (Sony KV-46EX700). When I bought a Blu-Ray player (Sony BDP-S370), that also does streaming, but I preferred the TV as it has smarter buffering (BD player always waits to completely fill the buffer before starting.) Both of the Sony's are old interface and only support 720p and stereo. I later bought a WDTV Live Streaming to get 1080p and 5.1 audio. In the bedroom, I have a Sony BDP-S380 I sometimes use.

 

[Mark12547]



1. I had purchased only one streaming device for purposes of streaming Netflix: the Roku Netflix Player (the original name for the original model of their digital video player, hardware model N1000), which has gone from an old CRT TV to a LCD TV to a LED/LCD TV (as each TV died or had a serious problem that would cost as much to repair as buying a new TV, which, if you are counting, means that the 2008 Roku N1000 is on its third TV). The software upgrades to the Roku N1000 allowed it to continue working, and it can handle the multi-episode titles just fine. However, it doesn't seem to have benefited yet from the Comcast/Netflix direct connect agreement, at least not yet, because it can't maintain a HD connection during prime time. Note: there have been two major generations since that original model, and this original-generation Netflix Netflix player lacks subtitles, alternate audio tracts, and maxes out at 720p on the Netflix channel (and often lower on other channels I had loaded).
   
   
    
2. I purchased a LG blu-ray player. However, it has not received the software upgrade that would allow it to handle titles with more than 100 episodes, so something like Mission: Impossible with far more than 100 episodes cannot be viewed past about Season 3. I tested streaming Netflix a few times but prefer the Roku.
   
   
    
3. I purchased a Sony blu-ray player when the LG started having issues with many blu-ray discs. It, too, has Netflix streaming capabilities, but I have never tried it.
   
   
    
4. And I finally purchased a Vizio "smart TV" which just happened to have a Netflix applet. This seems to work great, except that after watching several episodes it has crashed on me. However, for a couple of movies in a row it works great and last night during prime time it kept resolution at 1080 lines, with just occasional quick dips to 720, so it seems to have benefited from the Comcast/Netflix agreement. (Contrast this to about three weeks ago when I couldn't maintain even 480-line resolution during prime time.) So, for the time being, I am using the Vizio "smart TV" for most of my Netflix streaming, though I will occasionally use the Roku for streaming other channels.

 

[aaronwt]



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I must ask WHY are you doing that? I just use my Pan. Blu-ray player.

Because no one devices gives you access to all streaming services, let alone does them all well. I have several TVs and each TV has several streaming devices. My main TV has eleven devices I use for streaming apps. My secondary TV has seven devices and my tertiary TV has five devices used for streaming apps.

 

[mailiang]



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Because no one devices gives you access to all streaming services, let alone does them all well. I have several TVs and each TV has several streaming devices. My main TV has eleven devices I use for streaming apps. My secondary TV has seven devices and my tertiary TV has five devices used for streaming apps.

Eleven devices for one TV?

I never experienced any streaming issues with my Roku, which covers more services then I will ever need. As posted earlier, I use my Smart TV for certain channels like Netflix, which has a slight edge over the Roku when it comes to picture quality.



Ian

 

[Jim McC]



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Because no one devices gives you access to all streaming services, let alone does them all well. I have several TVs and each TV has several streaming devices. My main TV has eleven devices I use for streaming apps. My secondary TV has seven devices and my tertiary TV has five devices used for streaming apps.

My goodness. Do you ever leave the house?

 

[Brian Conrad]



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My goodness. Do you ever leave the house?

I'm sure he's waiting for a "food printer" to come out so he doesn't need to .

 

[Otto Pylot]

11 devices? Really? I like tv, but....

I only have two, and that's plenty. The Panasonic blu-ray player and my AppleTV2. Between the 2 of them, that pretty much covers all of the services that I need. And whatever those two don't have, I can always use the laptop.

 

[michaeltscott]

Currently connected to this panel and AVR I have:

1. This PC, which can bitstream DD+ 5.1 from the Win8 Netflix app
2. TiVo Roamio
3. Roku 3
4. WD TV Live
5. Panasonic DMP-BDT220
6. Playstation 3
7. Xbox 360
8. Xbox One

I confess that I very rarely use the TV Live or BDT220; my favorite Netflix streamer is TiVo Roamio because it has the new UI and this little stream status display that I like, is very responsive to commands and, as a DVR, is always on anyway. I additionally own:

1. Panasonic DMP-BDT110
2. TiVo Premiere
3. TiVo Series3 (OLED)
4. Sony BDP-S390
5. Roku 2 XS

The BDT110 and Series3 aren't currently in use; the others are connected to a television in the living room.

 

[mdavej]

Michael, shame on you. There's no need for Tivo when you have a HTPC.

 

[michaeltscott]



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Michael, shame on you. There's no need for Tivo when you have a HTPC.

This isn't really an HTPC, though I suppose it could become one with the addition of a USB or Ethernet CableCARD tuner (only room for a single card in my PC's mini-tower motherboard, currently consumed by an inexpensive Radeon 7450 card, bought for its integrated HDMI video and sound capability). I could get one of these used for cheap or one of these new for not so cheap. I have a WD Elements 3TB USB drive that I bought in February last year on sale that I never got around to plugging in; obviously my need for it wasn't as urgent as I thought at the time

. I have no idea what the available DVR software is like. I can buy the Windows 8.1 Media Center pack for $10; maybe I'll do that just for the hell of it.

 

[mdavej]

I picked up my InfiniTV 4 from another forum member for about $100. If you don't have lifetime on that Tivo, the Ceton route will definitely save you some money in the long run. My video card was an AMD 6450 for $15. So my startup costs weren't very high.


Sorry to digress. I'll get back on topic. I've got 5 streaming capable devices connected, but I only use one of them for actual streaming, my Sony BD player. My HTPC handles live and recorded TV for the whole house (5 TVs, several other PCs, tablets, laptops and phones). Other Sony BD players and a few Chromecasts handle other streaming throughout the house. I've never bought a Roku because they were always redundant in my case.

 

[mailiang]



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Originally Posted by michaeltscott  /t/1522237/how-many-streaming-devices-do-you-have-hooked-up-to-your-tv/0_100#post_24487090


Currently connected to this panel and AVR I have:

1. This PC, which can bitstream DD+ 5.1 from the Win8 Netflix app
2. TiVo Roamio
3. Roku 3
4. WD TV Live
5. Panasonic DMP-BDT220
6. Playstation 3
7. Xbox 360
8. Xbox One

I confess that I very rarely use the TV Live or BDT220; my favorite Netflix streamer is TiVo Roamio because it has the new UI and this little stream status display that I like, is very responsive to commands and, as a DVR, is always on anyway. I additionally own:

1. Panasonic DMP-BDT110
2. TiVo Premiere
3. TiVo Series3 (OLED)
4. Sony BDP-S390
5. Roku 2 XS

The BDT110 and Series3 aren't currently in use; the others are connected to a television in the living room.

If I lived in San Diego, I'd be spending a lot less time watching TV and a lot more time on the beach.

Ian

 

[aaronwt]



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Originally Posted by mdavej  /t/1522237/how-many-streaming-devices-do-you-have-hooked-up-to-your-tv#post_24487267


Michael, shame on you. There's no need for Tivo when you have a HTPC.

I dont know about MS, but I think TiVo is a better option. I used a couple of HTPCs to record and watch OTA HD back in 2001. While things are easier now, plus I have close to 150TB of storage on my Network, Id rather use the TiVo. I do have a PC running 24/7 for TiVo desktop and for recording my security cameras that could be used, but TiVo is much easier to deal with.


And my TiVos are also several of my streaming devices

 

[mdavej]

To each his own. I find TiVo to be slow and complicated, not to mention very expensive. I'll keep my HTPC and Echoes.

 

[michaeltscott]

I'm a big fan of TiVo, and have been since my first analog, pre-HDTV Philips model. A close friend works on firmware for TiVo; I got my last couple as "Friends & Family" deals. I bought the Premiere with Product Lifetime Service and the Roamio without, figuring that I'd have replaced it before I'd spent the cost of PLS in monthly fees ($10 at the F&F rate).


I don't know about complicated--I've used the UI for the past 14 years as it developed. Roamio is pretty peppy.