[ILUG] Media player hardware recommendation

jhallam jhallam at ithaqua.org
Sun Apr 24 20:30:06 IST 2011


Ronan,
i have a freeagent theater+ HD media player.
its not a bad little device, it will stream from my storage device via
UPnP or SMB.
you can plug in a USB drive or a particular freeagent external drive into
the device itself

the menu is a bit basic, and a little clunky.
plus i have never been able to get it to play a playlist from youtube.
other than that, its small, completely silent & low power.
audio out is via HDMI or optical.

video out is via HDMI, Component or composite.
no built in wifi, has an ethernet power.

James.

http://www.seagate.com/www/products/home_entertainment/freeagent_theater_plus



>
> I've had a DNS-323 for the past couple of years (money wasted as far as
> I'm concerned).  It's not what I'm after.
>
> I'm after a device that'll sit by the TV and provide a front end to the
> real file server I've got sitting in a rack in the garage (where the
> D-link's 1TB disks are destined when I get around to it).
>
>
> -Ronan
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