 kontosxyzzy
join:2001-10-04
West Henrietta, NY | Kinda pointless to me Is it just me or is this backwards. I mean once I get my XX" plasma/LCD and HD DVR it's a downgrade to send the video to my puny LCD on my computer.
On the other hand, an easy way to get the video content I've stored on my computer to display on my TV screen. That's a Killer App. Any video service provider that wants to sell me that box, I'm an instant subscriber.
I know There are boxes that can do this for me already, but really, how may video decoders should I need to hook up to my screen? KISS. |
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 Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT
1 edit | I couldn't say a computer monitor is "Puny".. It was "High Def" before there was High Def. Even the CRT's.
..and with laptop monitors doing 1920x1200, I'd go for it. |
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sabatcjThinning The Herd Is Good
join:2002-02-19
Keyport, NJ | reply to kontos
Check out TVersity or even XBMC.
The second is my fav because I can stream HD content.
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pandoraPremium
join:2001-06-01
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said by kontos:Is it just me or is this backwards. I mean once I get my XX" plasma/LCD and HD DVR it's a downgrade to send the video to my puny LCD on my computer. On the other hand, an easy way to get the video content I've stored on my computer to display on my TV screen. That's a Killer App. Any video service provider that wants to sell me that box, I'm an instant subscriber. I know There are boxes that can do this for me already, but really, how may video decoders should I need to hook up to my screen? KISS. DirecTV HR2x DVR's have been able to play media content from PC's for quite some time. Now PC's can play content from the DVR's. You can go either way as of last nights HR2x firmware update.
I'm much more interested in streaming video content FROM my DVR's than streaming content TO them. However, streaming content TO these DVR's has been possible for quite some time.
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kontosxyzzy
join:2001-10-04
West Henrietta, NY
1 edit | said by pandora:DirecTV HR2x DVR's have been able to play media content from PC's for quite some time. ... streaming content TO these DVR's has been possible for quite some time. »www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/co···vtype=-1 says that they'll only do pictures and music, not video. And that's only if you have an Intel based PC. If you're right, they have a funny way of advertising it. |
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 djousma
join:2000-04-18
Hudsonville, MI | reply to kontos
DTV boxes already support displaying Windows media content on your TV from your PC. |
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No, he's correct.
It's a standard UPNP DLNA client. You can watch Audio, Video, and Pictures from any DLNA server on any HR20/21/22 DirecTV box.
Video formats are a bit choosy, however. I'd recommend H.264, with a maximum bitrate under 7 Mbps (probably best to stay closer to 5). |
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pandoraPremium
join:2001-06-01
Outland
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You can do a lot with a DirecTV HR2x unit - »forums.directv.com/pe/action/for···10446778
I'm new to the forum - I'm pleased with using media share. Have an hr22 hooked to my laptop using Intel core 2 duo processor and windows vista. Installed Tversity (very easy install) and did the network connect on the hr22. It worked first try. My wife is from Germany and I have a number of German TV stations streaming with a pretty good picture and very few problems. I also have streaming radio stations. My music from window media player works fine. Also stream youtube sites and pod casts. The only problem I have is with my pictures. They play fine and look good on by 52" LCD . However, the only way I can get them to play is using the shuffle function. I have thousands of photos in one sub-directory. So I guess I have to go through them all and make many sub-directories. I really like Tversity.
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kontosxyzzy
join:2001-10-04
West Henrietta, NY | reply to samiran
said by samiran :
No, he's correct.
It's a standard UPNP DLNA client. You can watch Audio, Video, and Pictures from any DLNA server on any HR20/21/22 DirecTV box. I'm still a little cautious. Since they don't advertise that fact, or mention it anywhere that I can find, I wonder if we're just a firmware update away from the capability being taken away. |
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said by kontos:On the other hand, an easy way to get the video content I've stored on my computer to display on my TV screen. That's a Killer App. Any video service provider that wants to sell me that box, I'm an instant subscriber. I know There are boxes that can do this for me already, but really, how may video decoders should I need to hook up to my screen? KISS. It's called an "Xbox 360". It's from Microsoft? Came out a few years ago. Let's you play WMV files as you care to. Add TVersity, and you can play 95% of your movies on the big screen. |
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