Need Some direction on Media Servers

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Originally Posted by fmzip /forum/post/20809549


WOW! Seems like alot has evolved since I looked at Media servers a year or two ago.


So here is where I am at. I have alot of devices with some overlap in the Home Theater area. Pretty much everything I have is pretty high end so I am not looking for the cheap way out.


So here is what I have


1) Plasma, (built in Netflix streaming)

2) HTPC, (used for videos only, typically sit with a laptop while viewing TV).

3) Sonos, used for FLAC files

4) NAS, used to store music, vids etc

5) Oppo BD-83 used for Blue Rays only, bitstream , optical out

7) Rotel amp and preamp, no HDMI inputs, optical/coax digital inputs



The goal is to have a simple, all in one media server to eliminate the HTPC for vid files and photo viewing and quite possibly the Oppo if the audio and video quality is truly there. I have tons of family photos which we'd like to view on this device. So a device that favors a nice GUI for photos would be a plus. Vid files, obviously the media server biggest plus. Music, I'd still use the Sonos. An occasional web surf on this device would be nice. Netflix, I assume this is standard on most?


I was leaning toward a Dune years back as they seemed to be the most hi-end. Any other suggestions as to what would fit the bill for me? I thought I read Dunes weren't favorable for photos, why?


Any help would be great.

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Originally Posted by dbone1026 /forum/post/20809967


Honestly HTPC is your best bet


The Dunes are great (I have two) but lack in the Photo department. I would say Photos lack on most media devices. Most of what you are looking for is not really standard in media players yet (Netflix is only on a handful of players such as Boxee ox, Roku, etc...), web surfing is poor, etc...

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