I have been debating on possibly getting rid of the HTPC since I now have a DVR.
I have apx 1000 movies ripped to the TS folder format currently and have been deciding between the Apple TV and WD Streamer.
Advantages of Apple TV
Nice UI
Cool looking device
Can stream over a network
Boxee is easy to get working
Could rent a movie (Probably never will)
Disadvantages of Apple TV
Hours of Ripping movies with handbrake
Advantages of WD Media streamer
Can copy over TS to external harddrives
Cheaper
Disadvantages of WD Media streamer
for 3 TV's would need have to maintain 3 copies of same Harddrive
I have also played with Sage TV as the HD200 media extender looks very cool and has a big following but Sage is time consuming to configure I understand.
I even looked at keeping my HTPC and getting on of the cheap Linksys extenders for the bedroom.
Any ideas or other recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks
I have apx 1000 movies ripped to the TS folder format currently and have been deciding between the Apple TV and WD Streamer.
Advantages of Apple TV
Nice UI
Cool looking device
Can stream over a network
Boxee is easy to get working
Could rent a movie (Probably never will)
Disadvantages of Apple TV
Hours of Ripping movies with handbrake
Advantages of WD Media streamer
Can copy over TS to external harddrives
Cheaper
Disadvantages of WD Media streamer
for 3 TV's would need have to maintain 3 copies of same Harddrive
I have also played with Sage TV as the HD200 media extender looks very cool and has a big following but Sage is time consuming to configure I understand.
I even looked at keeping my HTPC and getting on of the cheap Linksys extenders for the bedroom.
Any ideas or other recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks